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Introduction The anti-Gorbachev coup of August 1991 was a last-ditch effort by a group of hardliners to save the Soviet Union. But it inadvertently brought about its collapse. | ||||||
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  Tanks roll in Protest begins Yeltsin on tank Army defects The rally grows Confrontation White House defence Collapse of coup Celebration Gorbachev returns | ||||
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