Title

Gorbachev after Soviet coup fails

Genre

Speech

TX Date

22 Aug 1991

Year of production

1991

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Duration

00:00:45

Description

Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev speaks through an interpreter as he returns to Moscow about his ordeal during the failed Soviet coup and pays tribute to Russian President Boris Yeltsin. Sound is in mono. For FM breakfast show.

Contributors

Mikhail Gorbachev

Keywords

Revolutions; Politics; Government; USSR; Presidents; Political leaders; Moscow; Boris Yeltsin; Mikhail Gorbachev

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