2010 South Kyrgyzstan ethnic clashes

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2010 South Kyrgyzstan Uzbek Massacre
Part of Kyrgyz Revolution of 2010
Panorama of part of the city of Osh (Kyrgyzstan), 2016
Date May–June 2010 Location  Kyrgyzstan: Osh, Jalal-Abad  Uzbekistan: Sokh, Sogment (Uzbekistani enclaves in Kyrgyzstan) and bordering areas in Kyrgyzstan Result Bishkek government regains partial control over southern provinces; limited exodus of the Uzbek minority; Uzbek language suppressed in public life
Belligerents
Kyrgyzstani Kyrgyz gangs Pro-Bakiyev Kyrgyz[1][2] Other pro- Bakiyev forces Tajik contractors[3] Tajikstani Tajiks Russian Tajiks Other mercenaries[4] Uzbekistani Kyrgyz1 Sokh Uzbekistani Kyrgyz Sogment Uzbekistani Kyrgyz[5] Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (alleged)[6]	Kyrgyzstani Uzbeks Pro-provisional government civilians[7][8][9][10] Uzbekistani Uzbek civilians1 Sokh Uzbekistani Uzbeks[11][12] Sogment Uzbekistani Uzbeks[5]  Uzbekistan[11] (limited involv.)2[13][14]	Kyrgyz provisional government Supported by:  Turkmenistan  Iran Kazakhstan[15]  China[16]  Russia[17] Turkey[18]  United States[19]
Casualties and losses
official figures: 393–893 killed,[20][21] 1,900 injured, 100,000 – 250,000 refugees (to Uzbekistan)[22][23][24] (According to the UN and ICG 400,000 displaced, 111,000 refugees to Uzbekistan[25]) unofficial figures: more than 2,000 killed[26][27][28]
1 Involved in Kyrgyz-Uzbek clashes within Uzbekistani enclave of Sokh and in minor skirmishes amongst Kyrgyzstani Kyrgyz on bordering areas. 2 Involved only briefly in defense of Uzbek population in Uzbekistani enclave of Sokh within Kyrgyzstan.

The 2010 South Kyrgyzstan ethnic clashes (Kyrgyz: Ош коогалаңы; Uzbek: Qirgʻiziston janubidagi tartibsizliklar, Қирғизистон жанубидаги тартибсизликлар; Russian: Беспорядки на юге Киргизии) were clashes between ethnic Kyrgyz and Uzbeks in southern Kyrgyzstan, primarily in the cities of Osh and Jalal-Abad, in the aftermath of the ouster of former President Kurmanbek Bakiyev on 7 April. It is part of the larger Kyrgyz Revolution of 2010. Violence that started between Kyrgyz and Uzbeks on 19 May in Jalal-Abad escalated on 10 June in Osh.

The spreading of the violence required the Russian-endorsed interim government led by Roza Otunbayeva to declare a state of emergency on 12 June, in an attempt to take control of the situation. Uzbekistan launched a limited troop incursion early on, but withdrew and opened its borders to Uzbek refugees. The clashes killed nearly 420 people, mostly Uzbeks, and displaced another 80,000.