Collapse of the Soviet Union

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Litencyc Editors (Independent Scholar - Europe)

The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 2.2.2.00: Post-1917 Writing and Culture in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus, 1917-present.
Vol. editors: Neil Cornwell (University of Bristol), Roman Koropeckyj (University of California, Los Angeles), Andrei Rogatchevski (UiT - The Arctic University of Norway)

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Political Geography

Dates

Date of occurrence 1991-08-18

Places

Russia (Location)

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Soviet hardliners place President Mikhail Gorbachev under house arrest. The attempted coup, led by Vice President Gennady Yanayev and 7 hard-liners, collapses in less than 72 hours and a shift in power to the Soviet Republics

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Citation: Editors, Litencyc. "Collapse of the Soviet Union". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 01 March 2010 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=11101, accessed 06 May 2024.]

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