1990 Osh clashes

This article is about the ethnic clashes between the Kyrgyz and Uzbeks that took place in 1990. For the 2010 clashes between the same groups, see 2010 South Kyrgyzstan ethnic clashes.

Osh riots
Date4–6 June 1990
Location
Osh, Kyrgyz SSR
Result 46 out of 48 rioters convicted
Belligerents

Uzbek rioters

  • Adolat

Kyrgyz rioters

  • Osh Aymaghi
Casualties and losses
300-600 deaths (official estimate); 1,000-10,000 (unofficial estimate)

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 cities of Osh and Uzgen, part of the Kirghiz SSR. The immediate cause of the riots was a dispute between an Uzbek nationalist group Adolat and a 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.