Anatoly Ivanovich Lukyanov19 August 1991
Forms an 8 man Emergency Committee & declares Gorbachev deposed & a state of emergency
Russia · Government / Government of Russia. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
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
Declares a state of emergency
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