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The 1991 Soviet coup attempt, also known as the August Coup, [b] was a failed attempt by hardliners of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) to forcibly seize control of the country from Mikhail Gorbachev, who was Soviet President and General Secretary of the CPSU at the time.
Coup leaders flee Moscow. August 21, 13:29: Soviet Russian Parliament gives mandate to Yeltsin to arrest the coup leaders. August 21, 13:39: Military cadre agree to pull all troops from Moscow. August 21, 14:59: Coup leaders escape to Crimea. August 21, 15:20: Ministry of Defense announces that all troops are pulled out back to bases. August 21 ...
During the events of the Soviet coup attempt in August 1991, Alpha Group's commanding officer, Gen. Karpukhin, was commanded by KGB chairman Vladimir Kryuchkov to forcibly enter the White House, Russia's acting parliament, after paratroopers secured the entrance, to eliminate the President of the Russian SFSR, Boris Yeltsin, and various other ...
The following lists events that happened during 1991 in the Soviet Union and Russia.. The Soviet Union had a transitional government in 1991, during the fall of communism.Every republic in the union had growing nationalism until Christmas of 1991 when Mikhail Gorbachev, the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and President of the Soviet Union, abandoned the Union at ...
The film is based on the August 1991 attempted coup d'état in the Soviet Union.Preparations are under way for the signing of the Union Treaty.It becomes a question of changing the ruling elite in the country.
On June 19, 1991, at a press conference commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Great Patriotic War, Akhromeyev observed that the situation of the Soviet Union in 1991 was similar to that of 1941. He believed that the country was heading for its destruction, going so far as to say that "which was defended by Soviet soldiers and civilians at ...
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The Event (Russian: Событие) is a 2015 Russian-language Belgian-Dutch documentary film about the 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt produced, written and directed by Sergei Loznitsa. It was screened out of competition at the 72nd edition of the Venice Film Festival .