30th Anniversary of Attempted Coup in Soviet Union

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By NTD Newsroom
August 20, 2021NTD News Today
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This month marks the 30th anniversary of an attempted coup d’état in the Soviet Union. When Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev was out of Moscow on vacation, hardline members of the Communist Party tried to roll back his political and economic reforms.

 

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