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Timeline of the 1991 Soviet coup attempt

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35: 523: 52: 582: 913: 285:. People gather near the Parliament Building of the Russian Soviet Federation to give support to Yeltsin and build barricades around the Parliament Building. 262: 231: 387: 704: 99: 188: 71: 78: 748: 132: 783: 670:
refuses to return to Moscow as offer behest of the coup leaders. Yeltsin also refuses to travel to Crimea to get Gorbachev back to Moscow.
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Civilians form a human chain in front of the Russian Parliament Building. Arrest warrant issued for Yeltsin.
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A State of Emergency is declared in all of the territory of the Soviet Union. All the power is under the
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abolishes the State Committee on the State of Emergency's instructions and restores Gorbachev to power.
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gives his support to Boris Yeltsin by telephone, supporting the return of Gorbachev to power.
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State Committee on the State of Emergency warns Boris Yeltsin not to provoke the masses.
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Russian Parliament Building still free. Some tanks defect to Yeltsin's side.
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Ministry of Defense announces that all troops are pulled out back to bases.
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declares the State Committee's actions illegal and threatens to leave the
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announces that President Gorbachev is sick and is staying in Crimea.
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State Committee on the State of Emergency's member Defence Minister
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calls the coup leaders in an effort to restore Gorbachev to power.
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Demonstrators burn two tanks in front of the Parliament Building
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Tanks are not able to break the barricades in the front of the
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Yeltsin takes control of all Russian troops under his command.
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Two members of the State Committee on the State of Emergency,
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State Committee on the State of Emergency's member Premier
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President Boris Yeltsin condemns the coup and encourages a
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State Committee on the State of Emergency holds its first
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and ending in the surrender of the failed coup leaders.
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State Committee on the State of Emergency dissolves the
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Gorbachev is announced to rule the Soviet Union again.
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Military cadre agree to pull all troops from Moscow.
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gives mandate to Yeltsin to arrest the coup leaders.
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halts all economic aid en route to the Soviet Union.
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Over 100,000 people demonstrate against the coup in
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Timeline of the 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt

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1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt
Mikhail Gorbachev
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Warships
Kap Foros
Mikhail Gorbachev
State Committee on the State of Emergency
Gennady Yanayev
Valentin Pavlov
Boris Pugo
Dmitry Yazov
Vladimir Kryuchkov
Oleg Baklanov
Vasily Starodubtsev
Alexander Tizyakov
Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
Parliament Building
Boris Yeltsin

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