Yeltsin on Soviet coup

Title

Yeltsin on Soviet coup

Genre

Speech

TX Date

21 Aug 1991

Year of production

1991

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Duration

00:00:25

Description

Part of television broadcast by Russian President Boris Yeltsin (through interpreter) calling for support against the political coup attempt against his Government which he says would see the Soviet people enslaved. Armed forces are ranged against the Moscow Parliament building where he is barricaded in.

Contributors

Boris Yeltsin

Keywords

Revolutions; Politics; Government; USSR; Political reform; Boris Yeltsin

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