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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...
Defence cuts should stop after USSR coup (1991)
- Genre
- Press conference
Press conference from former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher saying proposed defence cuts due to the end of the Cold War should stop after the coup in the USSR which has removed President Mikhail Gorbachev...
John Major on Soviet coup (1991)
- Genre
- Press conference
Prime Minister John Major gives a press statement from 10 Downing Street on the coup in the Soviet Union which saw the current regime overthrown, and relays a statement from Russian President Boris Yeltsin...
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...
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...
Moscow Parliament coup attempt (1991)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Eyewitness and local journalist Veronica Khilchiskia(?) on the attempted coup on the Russian Parliament in Moscow where KGB troops are attacking the building which the public have been trying to protect....
Moscow Parliament coup attempt (1991)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Local journalist Veronica Khilchiskia(?) reports from the scene of an attempted coup on the Russian Parliament in Moscow claiming Russian President Boris Yeltsin has huge support. He has decided to remain...
Moscow Parliament coup attempt (1991)
- Genre
- News report; Vox pop
Report from Moscow on deaths of protesters during a coup attempt on the Parliament with troops surrounding it and Russian President Boris Yeltsin remaining inside. A protester comments. Sue Jameson reports.
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...