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29 results found for '"Political crises"' in Keywords.
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...
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...
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...
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...
KGB head on involvement in attempted Gorbachev coup (1991)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview on Soviet television with Vladimir Kryuchkov, the head of the KGB, following his participation in the failed attempt to oust Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, in a political coup. Kryuchkov says...
Gunfire at Russian Parliament (1993)
- Genre
- Special
Actuality of Russian troops and armoured carriers spraying Russian Parliament building the White House in Moscow with machine and rifle fire following rebels taking the building last night.
John Major on support for Boris Yeltsin (1993)
- Genre
- Speech
UK Prime Minister John Major calls for international support for Boris Yeltsin and his reform process in Russia. Major says Yeltsin had no choice in his actions, following troops storming Russian Parliament...
Army retakes Russian Parliament from rebels (1993)
- Genre
- Special; News report
Report on the storming by Boris Yeltsin’s troops of the Russian Parliament building, the White House, in Moscow, which had been taken by rebels last night and reports of up to 500 deaths of rebels as a...
Yeltsin takes tough measures to restore law and order in Moscow (1993)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
President Boris Yeltsin is pledging to go ahead with elections for a new parliament in December despite the political uprising in Moscow this week and ongoing state of emergency. He made his promise on state...