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Mikhail Gorbachev deposed (1991)
- Genre
- News report
Guardian journalist Jonathan Steele is in Moscow, from where he reports back on the Tass radio announcement that Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev has been deposed.
Mikhail Gorbachev deposed (1991)
- Genre
- News report
Michael Collins reports from Moscow, as columns of armoured vehicles move into the centre of Moscow after Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev was ousted in a coup this morning.
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...
Frederick the Great reburied alongside his greyhounds (1991)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Catherine Field reports from Potsdam on the ceremonial reburial of Prussian King Frederick the Great 205 years after his death alongside his beloved 13 greyhounds on the terrace of Sanssouci Palace...
Soviet opposition to coup grows (1991)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference; Speech
Tim Locke reports on Soviet opposition to the coup that deposed President Mikhail Gorbachev growing, rallying round Russian President Boris Yeltsin, the West removing aid to the USSR, rumours of an open...
Inflation falls but other figures gloomy (1991)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
From Westminster Paul Rowley reports on genreally gloomy economic figures but a reduction in inflation. Financial Secretary Francis Maude is cautiously optimistic of economic recovery. Opposition parties are...
Troubled history of the RUC (1991)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Karen English looks back on the troubled history of the Northern Ireland police force, the RUC. Includes RUC Chief Constable Hugh Annesley on RUC recruitment and having to wear protecticve clothing and...
Look back at USSR coup (1991)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Speech; Music
Montage set to music of the coup on the Soviet Government leading to the break up of the Soviet Union. Speakers include people on the streets in the USSR; US President George H W Bush; former Prime Ministers...
Review of Gorbachev’s leadership (1991)
- Genre
- News report; Speech; Interview
A review of the leadership of Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev who has been ovrthrown in a coup. Includes archive comments from then Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher (BBC copyright); Gorbachev on signing...
Moscow Parliament coup attempt (1991)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Eyewitness and local journalist Veronica Khilchiskia(?) describes the attempts by the public to prevent a coup on the Moscow Parliament where Russian President Boris Yeltsin is barricaded in and on which...