Why the Soviet Coup Failed

In August of 1991, Soviet Party hardliners, members of the military, and KGB agents attempted a secret coup to overthrow the sitting Russian government in order to prevent the collapse of the Soviet Union. Due to several blunders and shots of vodka the coup planners failed miserably and were arrested. This final failure of communism in Russia helped the already snowballing effect of of the dissolution of the USSR into the Russian Federation we see today.

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