Deaths in failed Soviet coup

Title

Deaths in failed Soviet coup

Genre

Speech

TX Date

22 Aug 1991

Year of production

1991

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Duration

00:00:21

Description

Former Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze speech (through interpreter) on the deaths of protesters in a recent failed coup on the Soviet Government. Includes crowd noises in background.

Contributors

Eduard Shevardnadze

Keywords

Deaths; Revolutions; Politics; Government; Political protests; USSR; Democracy

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