August 1991 coup

GPTKB entity

Statements (50)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_event
revolutionary
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:August_Coup
gptkb:August_Putsch
gptkbp:casualties 3 civilians killed
gptkbp:commemoratedBy gptkb:Russia
August 19
former Soviet republics
gptkbp:country gptkb:Soviet_Union
gptkbp:endDate 1991-08-21
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Dissolution_of_the_Soviet_Union
gptkbp:goal to halt the reforms of Mikhail Gorbachev
to preserve the Soviet Union
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label August 1991 coup
gptkbp:location gptkb:Moscow
gptkb:Soviet_Union
gptkbp:mediaCoverage Extensive international media coverage
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:Boris_Pugo
gptkb:Dmitry_Yazov
gptkb:Gennady_Yanayev
gptkb:Valentin_Pavlov
gptkb:Mikhail_Gorbachev
gptkb:Boris_Yeltsin
gptkb:Vladimir_Kryuchkov
gptkb:Alexander_Tizyakov
gptkb:Oleg_Baklanov
gptkb:Vasily_Starodubtsev
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:Boris_Yeltsin
gptkb:Russian_Federation_government
Moscow citizens
gptkbp:participants gptkb:Mikhail_Gorbachev
gptkb:Soviet_military
gptkb:State_Committee_on_the_State_of_Emergency_(GKChP)
gptkb:Boris_Yeltsin
gptkb:KGB
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Glasnost
gptkb:Perestroika
gptkbp:relatedEvent gptkb:Dissolution_of_the_Soviet_Union
gptkb:Belavezha_Accords
gptkb:Russian_White_House_standoff
Singing of the Act of State Independence of Ukraine
gptkbp:result Ban of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Coup failed
Dissolution of the Soviet Union accelerated
Rise of Boris Yeltsin
gptkbp:significance Led to independence of several Soviet republics
Marked the beginning of the end of the Soviet Union
gptkbp:startDate 1991-08-19
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:August_Coup
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6