Mikhail Gorbachev coup video

Title

Mikhail Gorbachev coup video

Genre

Speech

TX Date

25 Aug 1991

Year of production

1991

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Duration

00:00:22

Description

Recording from a video made by Soviet leader, Mikhail Gorbachev, which he made in secret while under house arrest during the abortive coup in the USSR. It was smuggled out of his holiday home in the Crimea but the coup was over by the time it reached Moscow. Gorbachev’s words are translated by an interpreter.

Contributors

Mikhail Gorbachev

Keywords

USSR; Heads of state; Presidents; Video tape recordings; Communist parties; Mikhail Gorbachev; Political crises

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