During the August Coup of 1991, anti-reform hardliners attempted to seize control of the country whi
During the August Coup of 1991, anti-reform hardliners attempted to seize control of the country while Gorbachev was away in the Crimea. They opposed Gorbachev’s reforms, and the recent treaty that had decentralized a lot of the central government’s power to the republics. -- source link
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