Minsk Spring
The "Minsk Spring" or "Belarusian Spring" (Belarusian: "Мінская вясна", "Беларуская вясна") was a series of mass street protests in 1996 and 1997 against the increasingly-authoritarian rule of President Alexander Lukashenko.
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| Date | 24 March 1996 — 26 April 1997 (1 year, 1 month and 2 days) | ||
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| Caused by | Creation of Union State, authoritarian rule of President Alexander Lukashenko | ||
| Goals | Cancellation of the agreement "On the Community of Belarus and Russia", resignation of Lukashenko | ||
| Methods | rally, peaceful marches | ||
| Resulted in | Adjustment of the Union State treaty, refutation of the unification of Belarus and Russia into a single state | ||
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