What happened during the Russian White House standoff of 1993 and what were its consequences?

In October 1993, a deadly confrontation occurred when Russian Parliament members barricaded themselves in the Moscow White House after attempting to impeach President Yeltsin. Initially neutral, the Russian army eventually sided with Yeltsin on October 4th and, under his orders, tanks bombarded the White House before Special Forces stormed the building and arrested Parliament leaders. The violence resulted in 147 deaths and hundreds of injuries, marking Moscow's deadliest street fighting since the October Revolution. The incident allowed Yeltsin to consolidate presidential power while alarming newly independent Eastern European states, as it symbolized the early demise of democratic hopes in post-Soviet Russia.