Fifty-six years ago this week, the Soviet military fired into a crowd of workers in Novocherkassk who were protesting the latest increase in prices without an increase in wages. Twenty-six people were killed and more than 100 wounded; and then those charged as organizers were tried, with seven sentenced to death and others up to 15 years in prison.
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The sun sets behind the Kremlin on the Red Square in Moscow on May 28.
