18 August 2017

History for the day: 1991: Soviet hard-liners launch coup against Gorbachev

 

 

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18
THIS DAY IN HISTORY
     
1991
Soviet hard-liners launch coup against Gorbachev
On this day in 1991, Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev is placed under house arrest during a coup by high-ranking members of his own government, military and police forces. Since becoming secretary of the Communist Party in 1985 and president of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics... read more »
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