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Coup

Russia · Warfare / Military. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

4Records
1762–1991Date range
4Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1762

Potemkin1762

Warfare / Military

Takes part in a plot against Peter III

1825

Pavel Ivanovich Pestel1825

Warfare / Military

Plans to overthrow the Russian autocracy & founds a centralized republic

1948

Joseph Stalin21 February 1948

Prague · Warfare / Military

The Czechoslovak Communist Party is ordered to take power in Prague

1991

Sergei Fedorovich Akhromeev1991

Warfare / Military

Death of Sergei Fedorovich Akhromeev, commits suicide after the failed August coup

Names involved

Joseph StalinPavel Ivanovich PestelPotemkinSergei Fedorovich Akhromeev

Provenance

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