Soviet-Era Dissidents Decry Moscow's Rejection Of A 1991 Putsch Commemoration

Moscow authorities have denied activists permission to publicly commemorate the historic August 1991 putsch attempt when Boris Yeltsin famously stood on a tank to face down hard-line Communists, leading to the collapse of the Soviet Union.

Full article: A Monument for our Times? Commemorating Victims of Repression in Putin's Russia

Full article: A Monument for our Times? Commemorating Victims of Repression in Putin's Russia

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Remembering the failed coup that brought down a superpower

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Questions about the failed 1991 Soviet coup that you're too embarrassed to ask What the heck is a 'putsch'? Which sides were Yeltsin and Gorbachev on? What was the military doing during