The Last Ditch Attempt to Save the USSR - August Coup of 1991 (Short Animated Documentary)
One of the most important events in the decline and fall of the USSR was the August Coup of 1991 which saw its Vice President attempt to overthrow its President, Mikhail Gorbachev. It didn't go to well and was hastily planned but the fact that it ended peacefully is frankly nothing short of miraculous. Twitter: / tenminhistory Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=4973164 Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/history-... A special thanks to all of these Patrons below, without whom the show wouldn't be possible: Franco La Bruna Patrick M. Kevin Sanders Stefan Møller Gregory - The Bittersteel Ian Jensen Richard Wolfe Chris Fatta anon sharpie660 D. Mahlik Dragan Wold Qi Xiao John Garcia Ariadni Voulgari Andrew Niedbala Rod D. Martin Paul McGee Bernardo Santos Christopher Godfrey Jeannette Baechle Tristan Kreller Warren Rudkin Magdalena Reinberg-Leibel Danny Anstess Christopher S Nelson Chris Hall Shaun Pullin Perry Gagne bas mensink Alen James Bisonette Fan #1 Joooooshhhhh Henry Rabung Troy Schmidt Adam Barrett William Wold Cap I’m Not In The Description Blake Dryad Lachlan FF Nelly Mark Ploegstra Lim Gilleece FuzzytheFair Roman Cascioppo Jeffrey Schneider Luke Robinson Kinfe85 Byzans_Scotorius Haydn Noble TooMuchWaterYouDie MrPalomino HelloAgainThere Josh Cornelius ColmBoyle Colin Steele Big Nick Richard Manklow Gabriel Lunde Julian Baumann Konstantin Bredyuk João Santos Donald Weaver Richard Hartzell Steve Bonds Nick Finan Christine Purvis Pierre Le Mouel Seth Reeves Nathan Perlman StukaJi86 SirAlpaka Andrew Miraut Sources: Before and After the Abortive Coup in the USSR by Boris L. Gubman Mass Opposition to the Soviet Putsch of August 1991: Collective Action, Rational Choice, and Democratic Values in the Former Soviet Union by James L. Gibson Soviet Civil-Military Relations and the August Coup by John W. R. Lepingwell LESSONS FROM THE 1991 SOVIET COUP by Wendy Varney and Brian Martin

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