1990s Donbas miners' strikes

1990s Donbas miner strikes
1990s Donbas miner strikes
Part of the 1989–1991 Ukrainian revolution (until 1991)
	Miners protesting near the Ministry of Coal Industry building (Donetsk, 1990)
Date	15 July 1989 – 19 June 1993; 1 February 1996 – 1997; May–17 June 1998;
Location	Ukraine; (Mainly Donbas)
Caused by	1989–1993: Communist Party committees within businesses (until 1991); Low wages; Era of Stagnation; High food prices; Distrust of trade unions in the Soviet Union; ; 1996–1997, 1998: Low wages; Non-payment of wages; End of coal industry subsidies; ;
Goals	1989–1991: Resignation of Volodymyr Shcherbytsky and Valentyna Shevchenko; End of one-party rule; Raising of wages; Economic independence of the Ukrainian SSR from the Soviet Union; Adoption of the Declaration of State Sovereignty of Ukraine; End of Communist Party committees within businesses; Resignation of Mikhail Gorbachev, Volodymyr Shcherbytsky, and Valentyna Shevchenko (politician); Trade union independence; Direct elections; ; 1991–1993, 1996–1997, 1998: Paying of wages; Raising of wages; ;
Methods	Strike action, political demonstration, sit-in
Concessions	1989–1991: Resignation of Volodymyr Shcherbytsky as First Secretary of the Communist Party of Ukraine; Economic independence of the Ukrainian SSR from the Soviet Union; Declaration of State Sovereignty of Ukraine adopted; End of Communist Party committees within businesses; ; 1991–1993: 1994 parliamentary and presidential elections held early; Resignation of the Krasnodon municipal government; ; 1996–1997, 1998: Payment of wages; ;
Parties
Miners Independent Trade Union of Ukrainian Miners; ; Supported by:; People's Movement of Ukraine;	Soviet Union (until 1991); Government of Ukraine Donetsk Oblast; Luhansk Oblast; Berkut; ; ;
Lead figures
	Volodymyr Biletskyy; Mykola Volynko; Mykhailo Volynets; Volodymyr Shcherbytsky; Leonid Kravchuk; Leonid Kuchma; Donetsk Oblast: Viktor Kurchenko; Yuriy Smyrnov; Viktor Yanukovych; ; Luhansk Oblast: Anatoliy Kasianov; Eduard Khananov; Hennadiy Fomenko; Oleksandr Yefremov; Viktor Tikhonov; ;
Number
500,000–1.5 million (1993); 800,000 (1996);
Casualties and losses
1 dead (suicide); 22 injured;	15 injured;

Strikes by coal miners in the eastern Donbas region of Ukraine occurred throughout most of the 1990s. Beginning in 1989, coal miners went on strike against poor pay amidst poor economic conditions. Originally part of the 1989 Soviet miners' strikes, the demands of miners in the Donbas also reflected sentiments in favour of Ukrainian nationalism, and they were supported publicly by pro-independence groups such as the People's Movement of Ukraine.

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