Communist rule in USSR ends as Gorbachev resigns

Title

Communist rule in USSR ends as Gorbachev resigns

Genre

News report; Speech; News bulletin

TX Date

25 Aug 1991

Year of production

1991

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Duration

00:01:39

Description

IRN 7.00am news bulletin (25/08/91) read by Philip Cottrell, which focuses on the end of communist rule in the Soviet Union after more than seven decades. Mikhail Gorbachev has resigned as party leader and has effectively destroyed it as a political force. He’s ordered the party’s property to be confiscated and called for the Central Committee to be scrapped. Includes report by Sue Jameson from Moscow; Paul Woodley from New York on US reaction; speech by US President George H. W. Bush.

Contributors

Paul Woodley; Sue Jameson; George H. W. Bush; Philip Cottrell

Keywords

USA; Politics; USSR; International relations; Political systems; Political parties; Heads of state; Presidents; Communism; Resignation (political); Communist parties; Mikhail Gorbachev; East West relations; Political crises

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