Russia · Government / Government of Russia. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
"by all available means, including armed force, for the overthrow of the international bourgeoisie and for the creation of an international Soviet republic as a transition stage to the complete abolition of the State"
Decides SRs are guilty of trying to overthrow the Bolsheviks in 1919
Arrested by Khruschev for allegedly planning a coup
Has Beria arrested for allegedly staging a coup
The Romanian Government is overthrown
Appointed Minister of the Interior, a leader of the August coup
The Albanian Government is overthrown
Imprisoned at his holiday villa, dacha, in the Crimea by hardline communists
One of the ring leaders who plots against Gorbachev
A coup takes place while Gorbachev is establishing a federal Union of Sovereign States
Arrested during a coup
Forms an 8 man Emergency Committee & declares Gorbachev deposed & a state of emergency
Forms an 8 man Emergency Committee & declares Gorbachev deposed & a state of emergency
Gennady Yanayev is declared Gorbachevs replacement as President. Forms an 8 man Emergency Committee. Declares Gorbachev deposed. Declares a state of emergency
Russian troops defect to Yeltsin & the coup collapses
The communist conspirators flee Moscow
Gorbachev is held under guard in a Dacha by the Black Sea
Restored as President & the coup is defeated. Reform is given a poweeful boost as the Communist Party is weakened
The coup fails & Yanaev is arrested but later amnestied by the Russian Duma
Gorbachev resumes presidency in Moscow
Arrests members of the Emergency Committee. An ally of Boris Yeltsin, supports an independent Russia from the Soviet Union
Organizes the defence of the White House & ensures the arrival of the MVD units
Hundreds of thousands demonstrate in Moscow against the coup
Death of Boris Pugo, commits suicide during the attempted coud dEtat
During a coup against Gorbachev Estonia declares its full independence
Amnestied by the Duma for part played in the attempted coup of 1991
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