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Moscow celebrations after coup collapses (1991)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Report from the celebrations in Moscow outside the Parliament after a coup against the Soviet leadership failed. With Russian President Boris Yeltsin speech excerpt through an interpreter and crowds...
Gorbachev after Soviet coup fails (1991)
- Genre
- Speech
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....
Communist rule in USSR ends as Gorbachev resigns (1991)
- Genre
- News bulletin; News report; Speech
IRN 7.00am news bulletin (25/08/91) read by Philip Cottrell, which focuses on the end of communist rule in the Soviet Union after more than seven decades. Mikhail Gorbachev has resigned as party leader and...
Mikhail Gorbachev coup video (1991)
- Genre
- Speech
Recording from a video made by Soviet leader, Mikhail Gorbachev, which he made in secret while under house arrest during the abortive coup in the USSR. It was smuggled out of his holiday home in the Crimea...
Gorbachev after failed coup (1991)
- Genre
- Speech
Speech (via an interpreter) by President Mikhail Gorbachev during an emergency session of the Soviet Parliament following the abortive coup that attempted his overthrow. He’s promising to push ahead at...
Gorbachev after failed coup (1991)
- Genre
- Speech
Speech (via an interpreter) by President Mikhail Gorbachev accepting some responsibility for the events and promising democratic reform during an emergency session of the Soviet Parliament following the...
Mikhail Gorbachev on Soviet split (1991)
- Genre
- Speech
Speech (via an interpreter) by Soviet leader, Mikhail Gorbachev, to the Soviet Parliament where he says he’ll resign as President if the USSR breaks apart. Follows 8 of the 15 republics opting out of the...
Anatoly Lukyanov denies treachery in coup attempt (1991)
- Genre
- Speech
Statement (translated via an interpreter) by the disgraced former Speaker of the Soviet parliament, Anatoly Lukyanov, defending his role in the failed coup against President Mikhail Gorbachev. He denies that...
Anatoly Lukyanov denies complicity in coup attempt (1991)
- Genre
- Speech
Statement (translated via an interpreter) by the disgraced former Speaker of the Soviet parliament, Anatoly Lukyanov, where he defends his role in the failed coup against President Mikhail Gorbachev. He...
Bush and Major on Soviet crisis (1991)
- Genre
- Press conference; Speech
Press conference from US President George H W Bush and British Prime Minister John Major in Kennebunkport, Maine. The two leaders discuss their relationship, the problems in the Soviet Union including...