1991 Soviet coup attempt
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In August 1991, hardliners of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union attempted to forcibly seize control of the country from Mikhail Gorbachev, who was Soviet president and General Secretary of the C
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New Union Treaty
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The New Union Treaty was a 1990 draft treaty that would have replaced the 1922 Treaty on the Creation of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics to salvage and reform the USSR.
1991 Soviet coup attempt
…ГКЧП, romanized: GKChP). Opposed to Gorbachev's reform program, they were angry at the loss of control over Eastern European states and fearful of the New Union Treaty, which was on the verge of being signed by the Soviet Union (USSR). The treaty was to decentralize much of the central Soviet government's power and…
Ballot paper of the referendum of 17 March 1991
GKChP aligned tanks on Red Square during the August Coup