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The Tulip Revolution or First Kyrgyz Revolution (Russian: Тюльпановая революция, romanized: Tyulpanovaya revolyutsiya; Kyrgyz: Жоогазын революциясы, romanized: Zhoogazyn revolyutsiyasy) led to President of Kyrgyzstan Askar Akayev's fall from power. The revolution began after parliamentary elections on February 27 and March 13, 2005. The revolutionaries alleged corruption and authoritarianism by Akayev, his family and supporters. Akayev fled to Kazakhstan and then to Russia. On April 4, 2005, at the Kyrgyz embassy in Moscow, Akayev signed his resignation statement in the presence of a Kyrgyz parliamentary delegation. The resignation was ratified by the Kyrgyz interim parliament on April 11, 2005.