What is the name of the 1962 attack on striking workers in Novocherkassk by the Soviet Army?

• A. Novocherkassk Massacre
• B. Bloody Sunday
• C. My Lai Massacre
• D. Katyn Massacre

Answer: (A)

This question is about identifying the specific name given to a deadly crackdown on workers in Novocherkassk in 1962. The event is known as the Novocherkassk Massacre. During protests by factory workers over wages and conditions, Soviet troops and tanks fired on civilians, resulting in fatalities and injuries and a government cover-up at the time. The term “massacre” captures the severe violence directed at unarmed protesters and is the standard designation historians use for this incident.

Other options refer to different historic events: Bloody Sunday occurred in Russia in 1905, the My Lai Massacre happened in Vietnam in 1968, and the Katyn Massacre occurred in 1940 in Poland. None of those describe the Novocherkassk 1962 attack.