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1991 Barricades Museum

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1991 Barricades Museum
1991 Barricades Museum
1991 Barricades Museum
1991 Barricades Museum
1991 Barricades Museum
1991 Barricades Museum
1991 Barricades Museum
1991 Barricades Museum
1991 Barricades Museum
1991 Barricades Museum
1991 Barricades Museum
1991 Barricades Museum
1991 Barricades Museum
1991 Barricades Museum
1991 Barricades Museum
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Kramu iela 3, Riga 1050, Latvia

The Barricades were a series of confrontations between Latvia and the Soviet Union in January 1991 which took place mainly in Riga. The events are named for the popular effort of building and protecting barricades from 13 January until about 27 January. Latvia, which had declared restoration of independence from the Soviet Union a year earlier, anticipated that Soviet Union might attempt to regain control over the country by force. After attacks by the Soviet OMON on Riga in early January, the government called on people to build barricades for protection of possible targets . Six people were killed in further attacks, several were wounded in shootings or beaten by OMON. Most victims were shot during the Soviet attack on the Latvian Ministry of the Interior on January 20. One other person died in a building accident reinforcing the barricades. Casualties among Soviet loyalists are considered likely, but the exact number remains unknown. A total of 15,611 people have registered as having been participants of the Barricades, but other data suggests that more than 32,000 Latvians took part.
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