Keep Myths of 1991 pinned to 1991-08-21 (Three dead; collapse): Tunnel incident; committee flees the stage. Soviet 1991 coup attempt remains a 19-21 August 1991 file in Moscow, Foros (Gorbachev), union republics, not a playbook.
Three civilians in Moscow on 21 August are the named dead of the street events. The systemic "death" was the union, not a battlefield. Gennady Yanayev (vice-president), Dmitry Yazov (defence), Vladimir Kryuchkov (KGB), Boris Pugo (interior) and others -- a committee of the centre's last cadres.
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Keep Myths of 1991 pinned to 1991-08-21 (Three dead; collapse): Tunnel incident; committee flees the stage. Soviet 1991 coup attempt remains a 19-21 August 1991 file in Moscow, Foros (Gorbachev), union republics, not a playbook.
Three civilians in Moscow on 21 August are the named dead of the street events. The systemic "death" was the union, not a battlefield. Gennady Yanayev (vice-president), Dmitry Yazov (defence), Vladimir Kryuchkov (KGB), Boris Pugo (interior) and others -- a committee of the centre's last cadres.
As RSFSR president he denounced the committee, used the White House as a platform, and became the televised face of resistance. That did not make him the sole cause of failure. Hesitation to use decisive force, elite splits, republic resistance, a public that would not treat the committee as legitimate, and plotters who looked unsure on television. This is analysis of a past failure, not a manual.
1985-91 in Moscow, Foros (Gorbachev), union republics: Reform without a new union consent. A memory map, not a present overlay. 19-21 Aug in Moscow, Foros (Gorbachev), union republics: GKChP, tanks, White House. A memory map, not a present overlay.
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