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1991 Soviet coup attempt: Media

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Boris Yeltsin and the collapse of the Soviet Union
Russian Pres. Boris Yeltsin (cener) on an armored vehicle in front of the White House...
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Mikhail Gorbachev
Soviet politician Mikhail Gorbachev, 1991.
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