Boris Yeltsin makes a speech from atop a tank in front of the Russian parliament building in Moscow, U.S.S.R., Monday, Aug. 19, 1991. (AP Photo)
What do you learn from this photograph?
Roles of Mikhail Gorbachev
The Gorbachev Coup
Why
The Moscow coup(s) of 1991: Who won and why does it still matter?
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1991: Soviet hardliners stage Gorbachev coup
- According to the BBC in 1991, what are the different reasons for the coup?
- How do some of the Muscovites react to the coup?
- How is Moscow divided?
- What are the values and limitations of this source?
- What does Gorbachev say about why he resigned from power in 1991?
- What are the values and limitations of his perspective in 2016?
Constitution of 1913
Privatisation, market liberalisation and tax reforms