Mikhail Gorbachev on attempted coup

Title

Mikhail Gorbachev on attempted coup

Genre

Press conference

TX Date

22 Aug 1991

Year of production

1991

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Duration

00:01:58

Description

Excerpts from a statement at a news conference being broadcast live on television and radio in the USSR (via an interpreter) by Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, where he speaks about his ordeal when Communist Party hardliners attempted to oust him in a political coup. He speaks about the incident and says when the plotters asked him to sign over his powers he told them to go to hell. In five parts.

Contributors

Mikhail Gorbachev

Keywords

USSR; Communist Party; Heads of state; Presidents; Mikhail Gorbachev; Political crises

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