Revolutionary Bishkek, April 7, 2010. Photo report
10:23, 07 апреля 2017, Bishkek - 24.kg news agency , Anton LYMAR
Today is the 7th anniversary of the April Revolution during which the second president of , Kurmanbek Bakiyev, was overthrown.
The events of 2010 began in Talas, where the first clashes of the police with supporters of the opposition took place. There was the first seizure of buildings of state authorities, the protesters took the Minister of Internal Affairs Moldomusa Kongantiev hostage.
After it, a wave of protests spread to Bishkek. The last straw of discontent, which eventually led to the bloody events on and the seizure of the White House, was the detention of the opposition leaders on April 6.
24.kg news agency presents the photo chronicle of the events on April 7, 2010.
Archive photo. First clashes with the policeArchive photo. First injuredArchive photo. Opposition supporters overturn police carArchive photo. First weapons in protesters' handsArchive photo. First burning carsArchive photo. Opposition supporters call on to move to White HouseArchive photo. Protesters go to Ala-Too squareArchive photo. Agressive crowdArchive photo. Opposition supportersArchive photo. Additional police forces move to the White HouseArchive photo. Police officers in special uniformArchive photo. First police cordon on Ala-Too squareArchive photo. PolicemenArchive photo. Police cordon at the White HouseArchive photo. Protesters seize armoured vehicleArchive photo. First White House attackArchive photo. Investigation of criminal case on murder of two MIA Academy cadets on Ala-Too square restarted in March 2017 Archive photoArchive photo. Opposition supporters try to get into the White HouseArchive photo. Most of all people were killed at these gatesArchive photo. Protesters carry injured and killedArchive photoArchive photo. 87 protesters and policemen were killed on April 7, 2010 at the White HouseArchive photo. Burning truck at the White HouseArchive photo. Fire in the Prosecutor General's Office buildingArchive photo. Several service cars burned downArchive photo. Damaged portrait of Kurmanbek Bakiyev whose rule ended on April 7, 2010
It includes photographs by Nina Gorshkova, Vlad Ushakov, journalists of 24.kg news agency, Azattyk, RIA Novosti and photos from the Internet.