August 1991 coup attempt

GPTKB entity

Statements (95)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf revolutionary
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:August_Coup
gptkb:August_Putsch
gptkbp:arrested GKChP members arrested
gptkbp:country gptkb:Soviet_Union
gptkbp:endDate 1991-08-21
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label August 1991 coup attempt
gptkbp:injuries several
gptkbp:location gptkb:Moscow
gptkbp:mediaCoverage Extensive international coverage
gptkbp:motive Oppose Gorbachev's reforms
Preserve Soviet Union
Prevent signing of new Union Treaty
gptkbp:notableParticipant gptkb:Islam_Karimov
gptkb:Alexander_Lebed
gptkb:Boris_Pugo
gptkb:Dmitry_Yazov
gptkb:Gennady_Yanayev
gptkb:Sergey_Chemezov
gptkb:Sergey_Stepashin
gptkb:Valentin_Pavlov
gptkb:Viktor_Alksnis
gptkb:Sergey_Glazyev
gptkb:Pavel_Grachev
gptkb:Andrei_Sakharov
gptkb:Mikhail_Gorbachev
gptkb:Sergey_Lavrov
gptkb:Vladimir_Zhirinovsky
gptkb:Yury_Luzhkov
gptkb:Nursultan_Nazarbayev
gptkb:Ruslan_Khasbulatov
gptkb:Saparmurat_Niyazov
gptkb:Stanislav_Shushkevich
gptkb:Gavriil_Popov
gptkb:Gennady_Burbulis
gptkb:Askar_Akayev
gptkb:Sergey_Mironov
gptkb:Sergey_Shoigu
gptkb:Anatoly_Lukyanov
gptkb:Sergey_Baburin
gptkb:Boris_Yeltsin
gptkb:Sergey_Sobyanin
gptkb:Leonid_Kravchuk
gptkb:Sergey_Ivanov
gptkb:Sergey_Kiriyenko
gptkb:Sergey_Naryshkin
gptkb:Vytautas_Landsbergis
gptkb:Vladimir_Kryuchkov
gptkb:Alexander_Rutskoy
gptkb:Arnold_Rüütel
gptkb:Sergey_Yastrzhembsky
gptkb:Vladimir_Bukovsky
gptkb:Eduard_Shevardnadze
gptkb:Ayaz_Mutallibov
gptkb:Mircea_Snegur
gptkb:Alexander_Korzhakov
gptkb:Alexander_Tizyakov
gptkb:Anatoly_Sobchak
gptkb:Grigory_Yavlinsky
gptkb:Oleg_Baklanov
gptkb:Vasily_Starodubtsev
gptkb:Yegor_Gaidar
gptkb:Sergey_Filatov
gptkb:Sergey_Yushenkov
gptkb:Vladimir_Putin_(as_KGB_officer)
gptkb:Sergey_Stankevich
gptkb:Vladimir_Shumeyko
Dmitry Volkogonov
Konstantin Kobets
Lev Rokhlin
Sergey Kovalyev
Sergey Kovalyov
Sergey Shakhrai
Valery Boldin
Viktor Barannikov
Viktor Yerin
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:Russian_SFSR_government
gptkb:Boris_Yeltsin
Moscow citizens
gptkbp:organizer gptkb:State_Committee_on_the_State_of_Emergency_(GKChP)
gptkbp:relatedEvent gptkb:Dissolution_of_the_Soviet_Union
Ban of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Declaration of Russian independence
gptkbp:result Coup failed
Acceleration of Soviet Union dissolution
Restoration of Mikhail Gorbachev
gptkbp:significance Boosted Boris Yeltsin's political standing
Led to the collapse of the Soviet Union
Marked the end of Communist Party dominance
gptkbp:startDate 1991-08-19
gptkbp:target gptkb:Mikhail_Gorbachev
gptkbp:victim 3
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Soviet_Communist_Party_conservatives
gptkb:Soviet_hardliners
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7