Meiji Japan and post-Soviet Russia · TURNING POINT ·
August Coup (1991)
On the Meiji Japan and post-Soviet Russia map as “The White House, 1991”
19–21 Aug 1991 — Hard-liners placed Gorbachev under house arrest and declared an emergency. Outside the Russian parliament, Boris Yeltsin, Russia’s elected president, climbed onto a tank and called for resistance. Crowds built barricades and units refused to attack. Within three days the coup collapsed.
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- Collapse of the Soviet Union (chapter 9 of Meiji Japan and post-Soviet Russia)
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- Remaking the State: Meiji Japan 1600–1912 and Post-Soviet Russia 1964–2000
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