Gennady Eduardovich Burbulis was a Russian politician. A close associate of Boris Yeltsin, he held several high positions in the first Russian government, including Secretary of State, and was one of
Yeltsin and Burbulis during the August Coup in 1991
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
Gennady Burbulis
…appointed Burbulis his authorized representative and deputy chairman of his Higher Consultation and Coordination Council. Yeltsin and Burbulis during the August Coup in 1991 On 12 June 1990, the Congress of People’s Deputies of the RSFSR passed a law on the sovereignty of Russia within the framework of the Soviet…