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The failed attempt by hard-line Communist officials to remove Gorbachev, 19–21 August 1991.
19–21 Aug 1991
August 1991 coup attempt. The failed attempt by hard-line Communist officials to remove Gorbachev, 19–21 August 1991.
The August 1991 coup attempt involved Boris Yeltsin and Mikhail Gorbachev.
The August 1991 coup attempt caused the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
According to the United States government, Mikhail Gorbachev and Stanislav Shushkevich, each in its own account.
The August 1991 coup attempt, located in Moscow.
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