A Failed Coup in Moscow
History Daily
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This chapter recounts the chaotic morning of August 19, 1991, when a university student in Moscow witnesses a ballet performance interrupting state television, signaling the onset of a coup against Gorbachev. The events unfold as military tanks move through the city, highlighting the tensions between hardliners and the crumbling Soviet regime.
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