|
gptkbp:instanceOf
|
gptkb:historical_event
revolutionary
|
|
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
|
gptkb:August_Coup
gptkb:August_Putsch
|
|
gptkbp:category
|
gptkb:History_of_the_Soviet_Union
gptkb:1991_in_the_Soviet_Union
gptkb:History_of_Russia
gptkb:August_1991_events
Failed coups
|
|
gptkbp:country
|
gptkb:Soviet_Union
|
|
gptkbp:endDate
|
1991-08-21
|
|
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
|
August Coup (1991)
|
|
gptkbp:location
|
gptkb:Moscow
|
|
gptkbp:mediaCoverage
|
Extensive international media attention
|
|
gptkbp:notableParticipant
|
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:Russian_SFSR_government
gptkb:Boris_Yeltsin
|
|
gptkbp:organizer
|
gptkb:State_Committee_on_the_State_of_Emergency_(GKChP)
|
|
gptkbp:purpose
|
Preserve the Soviet Union
Remove Mikhail Gorbachev from power
|
|
gptkbp:relatedEvent
|
gptkb:Dissolution_of_the_Soviet_Union
gptkb:Belavezha_Accords
gptkb:Russian_constitutional_crisis_(1993)
Singing of the Act of State Independence of Ukraine
|
|
gptkbp:result
|
Coup failed
Dissolution of the Soviet Union accelerated
|
|
gptkbp:significance
|
Prompted independence declarations by Soviet republics
Led to the end of Communist Party rule in the Soviet Union
|
|
gptkbp:startDate
|
1991-08-19
|
|
gptkbp:target
|
gptkb:Mikhail_Gorbachev
|
|
gptkbp:bfsParent
|
gptkb:KGB
gptkb:Soviet_Army
|
|
gptkbp:bfsLayer
|
5
|