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The August Coup, 1991
Gennady Yanayev and the Gang of Eight grab for power in the 1991 August coup against Gorbachev. Cooke explores how the popularity of Boris Yeltsin inevitably caused their downfall.
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Fri 23 Aug 1991
21:00
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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US/USSR handshakes, 1975
Russian-American handshakes in space, and the denunciations of Alexander Solzhenitsyn.
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1989 in review
A review of the major news stories of 1989, including revolutions and invasions.
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- Fri 23 Aug 1991 21:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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