 Muna June 1990, vanhu vechiUzbek nechiKyrgyz vakatanga kupopotedzana muOsh Oblast kumaodzanyemba kweKyrgyzstan, uko kwaiva nevanhu vashoma vechiUzbek. Kunetsana pakati pevaKyrgyz nevaUzbek muOsis kwakatungamirira kurufu rwevanhu 186. Kuedza kutora mapurazi akaunganidzwa eUzbek nokuda kwokuvakwa kwedzimba kwakatungamirira kuOsh Riots. Mamiriro ezvinhu ekukurumidzira uye nguva yekudzoka kumba zvakatangwa uye Askar Akayev, gotwe pavanakomana vashanu vakaberekerwa mumhuri yevashandi vekurima kuchamhembe kweKyrgyzstan, akasarudzwa semutungamiri wenyika muna Gumiguru wegore rimwe chetero. 