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  1. Mikhail Gorbachev coup video (1991)

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    Speech

    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...

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  2. Gorbachev after failed coup (1991)

    Genre
    Speech

    Speech (via an interpreter) by President Mikhail Gorbachev during an emergency session of the Soviet Parliament following the abortive coup that attempted his overthrow. He’s promising to push ahead at...

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  3. Gorbachev after failed coup (1991)

    Genre
    Speech

    Speech (via an interpreter) by President Mikhail Gorbachev accepting some responsibility for the events and promising democratic reform during an emergency session of the Soviet Parliament following the...

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  4. Hurd on Soviet collapse (1991)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with UK Foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd, prior to a meeting of fellow European ministers in Brussels today, where he’ll argue that the independence of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia must be...

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  5. Mikhail Gorbachev on Soviet split (1991)

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    Speech

    Speech (via an interpreter) by Soviet leader, Mikhail Gorbachev, to the Soviet Parliament where he says he’ll resign as President if the USSR breaks apart. Follows 8 of the 15 republics opting out of the...

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  6. US reaction to Soviet collapse (1991)

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    News report; Press conference

    Paul Woodley reports from the United States on reaction to the news the Soviet Communist Party which has dominated the USSR for seven decades, is virtually dead as a political force. Includes excerpts from a...

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  7. David Steel on Soviet collapse (1991)

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    Interview

    Peter Russell interviews Liberal Democrat foreign affairs spokesman, Sir David Steel, during a visit to the USSR, for talks with parties in opposition to the Communist Party. Steel talks about the...

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  8. Anatoly Lukyanov denies treachery in coup attempt (1991)

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    Speech

    Statement (translated via an interpreter) by the disgraced former Speaker of the Soviet parliament, Anatoly Lukyanov, defending his role in the failed coup against President Mikhail Gorbachev. He denies that...

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  9. Anatoly Lukyanov denies complicity in coup attempt (1991)

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    Speech

    Statement (translated via an interpreter) by the disgraced former Speaker of the Soviet parliament, Anatoly Lukyanov, where he defends his role in the failed coup against President Mikhail Gorbachev. He...

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  10. Major on demise of communism (1991)

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    Interview

    Nicky Broyd interviews UK Prime Minister John Major at his home in Huntingdon in Cambridgeshire on the collapse of the Communist Party in the Soviet Union, the future for the Soviet Union states and Soviet...

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