attempted coup, 1991

Soviet history begins with bloodshed, oppression, and strife. Civil War stained the Russian landscape with the blood of its people after Nicholas II abdicated his throne to a provisional government. The Bolsheviks wanted Russia, and eventually they took her.

Examines the events in the Soviet Union during the time of Gorbachev and Yeltsin, including the failed coup of 1991 and the collapse of the Union itself.

Describes the August 1991 coup attempt that resulted in the collapse of communism in the Soviet Union.

In the months leading up to the August 1991 coup attempt that resulted in the collapse of communism in the Soviet Union, a young dancer with the Kirov Ballet struggles to decide whether to defect while on an upcoming trip to Paris.