The August Putsch in the Context of Russian History

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The August Putsch in the Context of Russian History

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English translation © 2017 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC, from the Russian text © 2016 “Neprikosnovennyi zapas.” “Avgustovskii putch v kontekste rossiiskoi istorii—sovremennoi i ne tol’ko,” Neprikosnovennyi zapas, 2016, no. 5(109), pp. 29–38.

Translated by Lucy Gunderson. Translation reprinted from Russian Politics and Law, vol. 55, no. 1. DOI: 10.1080/10611940.2017.1349384.

1. T. Yumasheva, “20 let nazad. 28 marta 1991.” (Yeltsin Center, 2011). http://www.yeltsincenter.ru/en//feed/20-let-nazad-28-marta-1991-goda

2. M. Gorbachev, Naedine s soboi (Moscow: Grin-strit, 2012), p. 561.

3. A. Grachev, Gorbachev, Chelovek kotoryi khotel kak luchshe … (Moscow: Vargius, 2001), p. 364.

4. Ibid., p. 365.

5. “Obrashchenie k sovetskomu narodu Gosudarstvennogo komiteta po chrezvychainomu polozheniiu SSSR: 18 Avgust 1991 goda,” Pravda, August 20, 1991.

6. See R. Sattarov, “Perevorotnyi moment istorii: Pochemu provalilsia zagovor turetskogo GKChP” (https://lenta.ru/articles/2016/07/16/erdoganwins/).

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Andrei Vilenovich Ryabov

Andrei Vilenovich Ryabov is an expert at the Gorbachev Foundation.