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Resistance to August Coup

Russia · Government / Government of Russia. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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Chronological records

1991

Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin19 August 1991

Moscow · Government / Government of Russia

Emerges as the principal public leader of resistance to the State Committee for the State of Emergency.

Names involved

Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin

Provenance

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