Tatar Protesters at Lenin Library Plumb Glasnost's Limit: 3 Minutes From: The Washington Post | Date: March 2, 1988| Author: David Remnick | Copyright 1988 The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post.Copyright information

A three-minute demonstration of the limits of glasnost was played out today on the steps of the Lenin Library.

At noon, eight Crimean Tatars unfurled banners demanding that their people-whom Joseph Stalin had deported to reservations in Central Asia in 1944-be allowed to return to their homeland near the Black Sea. Within moments, uniformed militia and plainclothed KGB agents seized the signs and hauled the group to a station.

"You just saw a little bit of glasnost in action,"...

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