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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.
[3] [4] It included a group of eight high-level Soviet officials within the Soviet government, the Communist Party, and the KGB, who attempted a coup d'état against Mikhail Gorbachev on 19 August 1991. The coup ultimately failed, with the provisional government collapsing by 22 August 1991 and several of the conspirators being prosecuted by ...
August 21, 18:30: Gorbachev leaves Crimea August 21, 18:59: Coup leader Vice-President Gennadi Yanayev returns to the Kremlin August 21, 19:19: U.S. President George H. W. Bush talks with Gorbachev by telephone. August 21, 20:13: Gorbachev is announced to rule the Soviet Union again. August 21, 20:17: Four coup leaders are located at Gorbachev ...
Mikhail Gorbachev, who ended the Cold War without bloodshed but failed to prevent the collapse of the Soviet Union, died on Tuesday at the age of 91, Russian news agencies cited hospital officials ...
Growing nationalist sentiment within constituent republics threatened to break up the Soviet Union, leading the hardliners within the Communist Party to launch an unsuccessful coup against Gorbachev in August 1991. In the coup's wake, the Soviet Union dissolved against Gorbachev's wishes.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has paid tribute to the “courage and integrity” of former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev. Mr Gorbachev’s death at the age of 91 has inspired an outpouring of ...
Growing nationalist sentiment within constituent republics threatened to break up the Soviet Union, leading the hardliners within the Communist Party to launch an unsuccessful coup against Gorbachev in August 1991. After the attempted coup, the Soviet Union dissolved against Gorbachev's wishes.
19–21 August 1991: Preceded by: Mikhail Gorbachev: Succeeded by: Mikhail Gorbachev: Vice President of the Soviet Union; In office 27 December 1990 – 21 August 1991 [1] President: Mikhail Gorbachev: Preceded by: Anatoly Lukyanov (as vice head of state) Succeeded by: None (post abolished) Chairman of the All-Union Central Council of Trade ...