Khodynka Tragedy

The Khodynka Tragedy was a human stampede that occurred on May 18, 1896, on Khodynka Field in Moscow, Russia during the festivities following the coronation of the last Russian Emperor Nicholas II.

At about 5 o'clock in the morning of the celebration day, several thousand people (estimates reached 500,000) were already gathered on the field. 

A rumor spread among the people that there was not enough beer or pretzels for everybody. 

A police force of 1,800 men failed to maintain civil order, and in a catastrophic crush and resulting panic to flee the scene, 1,389 people were trampled to death, and roughly 1,300 were otherwise injured. 

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