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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...
Yeltsin on Soviet coup (1991)
- Genre
- Speech
Part of television broadcast by Russian President Boris Yeltsin (through interpreter) calling for support against the political coup attempt against his Government which he says would see the Soviet people...
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;...
Attempted Soviet coup collapses (1991)
- Genre
- News bulletin; Interview; Speech
IRN 06.00 news read by Douglas Cameron focusing on the collapse of the attempted Soviet coup. With Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev speech on victory through an interpreter; comment from Soviet political...
Gorbachev after Soviet coup collapses (1991)
- Genre
- Speech
Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev speaks through an interpreter in the aftermath of an unsuccessful coup against the Soviet leadership proclaiming it a victory for perestroika and paying tribute to Boris...
Soviet coup collapses (1991)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Report on the return of Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev to Moscow after an unsuccessful coup attempt on the Soviet Government. Gorbachev speaks through an interpreter proclaiming it a victory for...
Yeltsin after Soviet coup collapses (1991)
- Genre
- Speech
Speech (through an interpreter) from Russian President Boris Yeltsin who commends the Russian public’s support during a coup attempt on the Moscow Parliament building and saying Russian people saved the...
Aftermath of Soviet coup collapse (1991)
- Genre
- Speech
Russian Defence Minister Colonel General (Konstantin Kobetz?) speech praising Russian President Boris Yeltsin’s actions during the attempted coup on the Moscow Parliament building- he refused to leave for...
Soviets thank UK for support after coup fails (1991)
- Genre
- Speech; Press conference
Press statement of thanks to Britain for their support after the failed coup in the Soviet Union. From Soviet ambassador to Britain Leonid Zamyatin who has been to the Foreign Office to pass on a personal...
Deaths in failed Soviet coup (1991)
- Genre
- Speech
Former Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze speech (through interpreter) on the deaths of protesters in a recent failed coup on the Soviet Government. Includes crowd noises in background.