August Coup (1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt)

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:historical_event coup d'état attempt
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:August_Coup gptkb:August_Putsch gptkb:1991_Soviet_coup_attempt
gptkbp:arrested	Coup leaders arrested after failure
gptkbp:casualties	3 civilians killed
gptkbp:endDate	1991-08-21
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	August Coup (1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt)
gptkbp:impact	Collapse of the Communist Party's authority Acceleration of Soviet republics' declarations of independence
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Moscow gptkb:Soviet_Union
gptkbp:mediaCoverage	Extensive international media attention
gptkbp:notableEvent	gptkb:Boris_Yeltsin's_speech_on_a_tank_in_front_of_the_Russian_White_House
gptkbp:opposedBy	gptkb:Russian_SFSR_government gptkb:Boris_Yeltsin
gptkbp:perpetrator	gptkb:State_Committee_on_the_State_of_Emergency_(GKChP) hardline members of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
gptkbp:precededBy	gptkb:Glasnost gptkb:Perestroika
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:Dissolution_of_the_Soviet_Union Boris Yeltsin's rise to power
gptkbp:result	gptkb:Banning_of_the_Communist_Party_of_the_Soviet_Union Coup failed Dissolution of the Soviet Union accelerated
gptkbp:significance	Marked the end of Communist rule in the Soviet Union Led to independence movements in Soviet republics
gptkbp:startDate	1991-08-19
gptkbp:target	gptkb:Mikhail_Gorbachev gptkb:Soviet_government
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Boris_Pugo
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6