20 years of the August coup (31 photos + video) Bashny.Net

August 19th 20 years ago in the country there have been events that can be called critical to the existence of the Soviet Union. Preceded them chain from a variety of large and small events. Recall how it was.

August putsch - an attempt removal of Mikhail Gorbachev as president of the USSR and held them change course undertaken by the State Emergency Committee (Emergency Committee) - a group of conservative leaders from the leadership of the CPSU , the Soviet government, the army and the KGB - August 19, 1991, which led to radical changes in the political situation in the country: the final loss of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, its power, the relative increase in the power of regional leaders in comparison with the central administrations of the USSR and accelerate irreversible collapse of the USSR, has completed its liquidation in December of the same year.

Actions Emergency Committee accompanied by the declaration of emergency for 6 months, the introduction of troops in Moscow, subordination of local authorities designated by the Emergency Committee military commanders, the introduction of tough media censorship and the banning of a number of them, the cancellation of a number of constitutional rights and freedoms of citizens.

Led a coup "State Committee on the State of Emergency" (Emergency Committee), consisting of: and. o. President of the USSR GI Yanayev, Secretary of the CPSU Central Committee, first deputy chairman of the Defense Council OD Baklanov, head of the KGB VA Kryuchkov, the Prime Minister of the USSR V. Pavlov, Minister of Internal Affairs of the USSR BK Pugo, chairman of the Peasant Union of the USSR VA Starodubtsev, Soviet Defense Minister Dmitry Yazov and president of the Association of SOEs AI Tizyakov. The main task of the Emergency Committee coup saw the restoration of the Soviet Union in order that existed before 1985, ie. E. In the elimination of multi-party commercial structures, the destruction of the germs of democracy.

The coup was very poorly organized and prepared. For 22 August, he was defeated, and the Emergency Committee members themselves were arrested. As a result of the events on 19-21 August 1991 near the "White House" killed three of his defender.
Immediately following the defeat of the coup in almost all major cities have been mass demonstrations against the Communist Party, which served as a convenient excuse for the suspension of the Communist Party in the country. As directed by the President of the Russian Federation Boris Yeltsin had been closed and sealed the building of the Central Committee of the CPSU, regional, district committees, archives and others. Since 23 August 1991 the Communist Party ceased to exist as the ruling state agency.