Death and funeral of Patriarch Volodymyr of Kyiv

Death and funeral of Patriarch Volodymyr of Kyiv
Death and funeral of Patriarch Volodymyr of Kyiv
Date	18 July 1995
Location	Sophia Square, Kyiv, Ukraine; 50°27′10.8″N 30°30′55.39″E / 50.453000°N 30.5153861°E
Goals	Burial of Volodymyr Romaniuk in Saint Sophia Cathedral
Concessions	Romaniuk buried in Sophia Square
Parties
Ministry of Internal Affairs Berkut; Internal Troops of Ukraine;	Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Kyiv Patriarchate; Ukrainian People's Self-Defence;
Lead figures
	Yuriy Kravchenko Filaret Denysenko; Leonid Kravchuk; Mykola Porovskyi; Oleksandr Muzychko;
Casualties and losses
35 injured	25 injured; 2 dead (claimed by UNSO);

Patriarch Volodymyr Romaniuk of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Kyiv Patriarchate died on 14 July 1995. His funeral subsequently turned into a riot, popularly known as Black Tuesday (Ukrainian: чорний вівторок, romanized: chornyi vivtorok), after members of the Berkut special police force began attacking mourners, with members of the far-right Ukrainian People's Self-Defence attacking members of the security forces. It was the first incident of police attacking a peaceful gathering in the history of Ukraine since 1991.^[1]

^ Azarov, Vlad; Chernova, Oleksandra; Stoliarova, Tetiana (16 October 2021). "Чуеш гуркіт касок?" [Do you hear the helmets clatter?]. Ukrainska Pravda (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 10 March 2024.

[1] Azarov, Vlad; Chernova, Oleksandra; Stoliarova, Tetiana (16 October 2021). "Чуеш гуркіт касок?" [Do you hear the helmets clatter?]. Ukrainska Pravda (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 10 March 2024.

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