The August coup: the truth and the lessons
Histoire
Braille avec transcription humaine
Résumé
The Soviet Union's first democratically elected president describes the three-day coup d'etat that occurred in August of 1991. Gorbachev defends his actions during his confrontation with the plotters, addresses rumors concerning the incident, and discusses events that occurred immediately after… the coup, such as the withdrawal of the Baltic States from the Union. He outlines his hopes for the USSR