The August Coup Audio

Official Announcements of the GKChP (August 19, 1991)

Soviet TV announces the official declaration of emergency by the State Emergency Committee.

Eltsin Speaks against the Coup (August 19, 1991)

Eltsin addresses Muscovites from the square before the Russian White House.

Confrontation in the Parliament (August 23, 1991)

Gorbachev and Eltsin debate the fate of the Communist Party in the Russian Parliament.

1991

War in Karabakh Eltsin and Russian Sovereignty 500 Days Baltic Independence Shevardnadze Resigns Warsaw Pact Dissolves Miners’ Strike of 1991 March Referendum Nine Plus One Agreement The August Coup Ukrainian Independence The End of the Soviet Union