Death and funeral of Patriarch Volodymyr of Kyiv

Death and funeral of Patriarch Volodymyr of Kyiv
Date	18 July 1995 (1995-07-18)
Location	Sophia Square, Kyiv, Ukraine 50°27′10.8″N 30°30′55.39″E / 50.453000°N 30.5153861°E / 50.453000; 30.5153861
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 (Moscow Patriarchate) Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Kyiv Patriarchate Ukrainian People's Self-Defence
Lead figures
Yuriy Kravchenko Filaret Denysenko Oleksandr Muzychko
Casualties and losses
35 injured 25 injured 2 dead (claimed by UNSO)

This article is part of a series about Leonid Kuchma
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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]