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aug 1, 1991 - Attempted Coup of Gorbachev

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Conservative Communists in the Soviet Union staged a coup and held Gorbachev captive, hoping to pressure him to resign. The coup quickly collapsed, but the Soviet Union's 15 republics sensed weakness in the central government and began to move toward independence.

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aug 1, 1991
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~ 34 years ago