The August Coup Texts

The Putsch Addresses the Soviet People, August 18, 1991

Eltsin's Defiance, August 19, 1991

Eltsin Voids the Acts of the Putsch, August 19, 1991

Eltsin Addresses the Nation, August 20, 1991

Related Texts

Gorbachev Returns to Power, August 22, 1991

Eltsin Humiliates Gorbachev, August 23, 1991

Gorbachev Resigns from the Communist Party, August 24, 1991

Communist Party Banned, November 6, 1991