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Coup against Gorbachev
In August 1991, Soviet hardliners attempted to oust President Gorbachev. Alan Johnston speaks to a Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ journalist who was inside the beseiged parliament building in Moscow.
An attempted coup against President Gorbachev was one of the key events in the fall of the Soviet Union. Communist hard-liners tried to force out the president, but their failure ultimately paved the way for even more radical reforms.
Alan Johnston speaks to a Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ journalist who was inside the beseiged parliament building in Moscow.
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