Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev25 March 1990
Russia sends in the tanks to discourage secession
Russia · Government / Government of Russia. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Russia sends in the tanks to discourage secession
Soviet troops storm a television station in Vilnius
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