10 Years After the Coup in Russia
"They ordered tanks and troops into the capital. They isolated Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev at his seaside villa and reportedly confiscated the key to the country's awe-inspiring nuclear arsenal. They laid the groundwork for ousting Gorbachev and reversing his liberal policies. What the 1991 coup plotters did not have was a clear plan of action, a set chain of command and the resolve to crush the spontaneous protests by tens of thousands of Muscovites." Lots of essays from The Moscow Times.
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