Osh Riots (1990)

Osh Riots (1990)

The Osh riots (Kyrgyz: Ош окуясы; Uzbek: Oʻsh voqeasi, Ўш воқеаси; Russian: Ошская резня) were an ethnic conflict between Kyrgyz and Uzbeks that took place in June 1990 in the city of Osh, part of the Kyrgyz Soviet Socialist Republic (Kyrgyz SSR). The immediate cause of the riots was a dispute between Uzbek nationalist group Adolat and Kyrgyz nationalist group Osh Aymaghi over the land of a former collective farm. While official estimates of the death toll range from over 300 to more than 600, unofficial figures range up to more than 1,000. The riots have been seen as a forerunner to the 2010 ethnic clashes in the same region.