The coup leaders belonging to the hard-line Communist Party of the Soviet Union tried to head the country.
The coup lasted three days.
In one manifestation, Boris Yeltsin took position on a tank to condemn the "junta".
August, 19 1991
Moscow coup against President Mikhail Gorbachev
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