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gptkbp:instanceOf
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revolutionary
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gptkbp:aftermath
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Ban of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Dissolution of the Soviet Union in December 1991
Independence declarations by Soviet republics
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gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
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gptkb:August_1991_coup
gptkb:August_Putsch
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gptkbp:date
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19 August 1991
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gptkbp:endDate
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21 August 1991
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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August Coup
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gptkbp:location
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gptkb:Moscow
gptkb:Soviet_Union
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gptkbp:mediaCoverage
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Extensive international media attention
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gptkbp:motive
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Preserve the Soviet Union
Prevent signing of the new union treaty
Remove Gorbachev from power
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gptkbp:notableEvent
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gptkb:Siege_of_the_Russian_White_House
Death of three protesters
Gorbachev's house arrest in Crimea
Mass protests in Moscow
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gptkbp:opposedBy
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gptkb:Russian_SFSR_government
gptkb:Boris_Yeltsin
Russian people
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gptkbp:organizer
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gptkb:State_Committee_on_the_State_of_Emergency_(GKChP)
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gptkbp:participants
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gptkb:Soviet_military
gptkb:Soviet_Communist_Party_conservatives
gptkb:Soviet_hardliners
gptkb:KGB
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gptkbp:relatedTo
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gptkb:Crimea
gptkb:Dissolution_of_the_Soviet_Union
gptkb:Mikhail_Gorbachev
gptkb:Soviet_Union
gptkb:Soviet_military
gptkb:Russian_White_House
gptkb:State_Committee_on_the_State_of_Emergency_(GKChP)
gptkb:Boris_Yeltsin
gptkb:Communist_Party_of_the_Soviet_Union
gptkb:KGB
gptkb:Russian_SFSR
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gptkbp:result
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Boris Yeltsin's rise to power
Coup failed
Dissolution of the Soviet Union accelerated
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gptkbp:significance
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Accelerated the collapse of the Soviet Union
Marked the rise of Boris Yeltsin
Led to the end of the Communist Party's rule in the Soviet Union
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gptkbp:target
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gptkb:Mikhail_Gorbachev
gptkb:Soviet_government
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Dissolution_of_the_Soviet_Union
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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5
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