1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt
attempted coup d'état in the USSR against Mikhail Gorbachev's government in August 1991
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Summary
1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt is an attempted coup d'état[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of attempted coup d tat entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (18,419 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: Soviet Union[3]
- Instance of: military coup[4]
- Named after: August 1991[5]
- Location: Moscow[6]
- Subclass of: coup d'état[7]
- Part of: Revolutions of 1989[8]
- Commons category: 1991 coup d'état attempt in the Soviet Union[9]
- Start time: August 19, 1991[10]
- End time: August 21, 1991[11]
- Participant: State Committee on the State of Emergency[12], Gennady Yanayev[13], Dmitry Yazov[14], Vladimir Kryuchkov[15], Valentin Pavlov[16], Boris Pugo[17], Oleg Baklanov[18], Vasily Starodubtsev[19], Ayaz Mutallibov[20], Qahhor Mahkamov[21], Saparmurat Niyazov[22]
- Topic's main category: Category:1991 Soviet coup attempt[23]
- Has effect: Declaration of Independence of Ukraine[24], dissolution of the Soviet Union[25]
- Different from: 1993 Russian constitutional crisis[26]
- Time period: August 1991[27]
Why It Matters
1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 111 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]