The Last Ditch Attempt to Save the USSR - August Coup of 1991 (Short Animated Documentary)

One of the most important events in the decline and fall of the USSR was the August Coup of 1991 which saw its Vice President attempt to overthrow its President, Mikhail Gorbachev. It didn't go to well and was hastily planned but the fact that it ended peacefully is frankly nothing short of miraculous.

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Sources:

Before and After the Abortive Coup in the USSR by Boris L. Gubman

Mass Opposition to the Soviet Putsch of August 1991: Collective Action, Rational Choice, and Democratic Values in the Former Soviet Union by James L. Gibson

Soviet Civil-Military Relations and the August Coup by John W. R. Lepingwell

LESSONS FROM THE 1991 SOVIET COUP by Wendy Varney and Brian Martin

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