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7 results found for '"Moscow Radio"' in Contributors.

  • Konstantin Chernenko’s Soviet Presidency (1985)

    Genre
    News report; Speech; Music

    A review of the career of General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, Konstantin Chernenko, after his death. Includes speech...

  • Mikhail Gorbachev deposed (1991)

    Genre
    Speech

    A statement read out on Moscow Radio this morning saying Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev has been replaced by Vice-President Gennady Yanayev because of health reasons. It turned out to be a coup.

  • Reaction after Mikhail Gorbachev deposed (1991)

    Genre
    News report; Interview; Speech; Press conference

    Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev has been deposed, Tim Locke rounds up world reaction. Comment from political commentator Joe Adamov; former KGB officer Stanislav Levchenko on new Soviet leader Gennady...

  • Claims Gorbachev deposed due to ill-health (1991)

    Genre
    Speech

    Moscow Radio reports on words of new Soviet President and former Vice-President Gennady Yanayev who has insisted Mikhail Gorbachev was removed merely because of his ill-health and they will work together...

  • Moscow Parliament coup attempt (1991)

    Genre
    News report

    Report from an unidentified speaker on Moscow Radio English service describing clashes between protesters and tanks of those attempting a coup outside the Parliament in Moscow which left several protesters...

  • Attempted Soviet coup collapses (1991)

    Genre
    News report; Interview; Speech; News bulletin; Press conference

    IRN 17.00 news read by Katherine Kelly focusing on the collapse of the attempted Soviet coup and reaction around the world. With comment from UK Foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd; US President George H W Bush;...

  • Mikhail Gorbachev deposed (1991)

    Genre
    Interview; News bulletin; News report

    Douglas Cameron presents the IRN 08.00 news focusing on Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev being deposed in a coup, reaction to the news, and looking back at his rule and reform policies. He’s been...