Oleg Baklanov

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Oleg Baklanov was a Soviet politician and high-ranking official who played a key role as one of the hardline plotters in the failed 1991 coup attempt against Mikhail Gorbachev.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Soviet politician
coup plotter
government official
human
affiliation Soviet military–industrial complex
areaOfInfluence Soviet defense policy
Soviet space program
associatedWith Soviet military-industrial commission
State Committee on the State of Emergency in the USSR
countryOfCitizenship Russia
Soviet Union
employer Communist Party of the Soviet Union
familyName Baklanov
fieldOfWork defense industry
space industry
genreOfActivity politics
state administration
givenName Oleg
hasEthnicity Russian
hasGender male
historicalPeriod late Soviet period
ideology Marxism–Leninism
languageUsed Russian
memberOf Communist Party of the Soviet Union
name Oleg Dmitriyevich Baklanov NERFINISHED
nativeLanguage Russian
notableEvent arrest after the failure of the 1991 Soviet coup attempt
notableFor involvement in the failed 1991 coup attempt in the Soviet Union
notableRole senior official in the Soviet defense-industrial complex
opponent Mikhail Gorbachev
opposedTo perestroika reforms of Mikhail Gorbachev
participantIn 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt
partOf Soviet leadership during the late 1980s and early 1990s
politicalAlignment hardline communist
politicalSystem Soviet one-party system
positionHeld Deputy Chairman of the Defense Council of the USSR
First Deputy Chairman of the Military-Industrial Commission of the USSR
Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
candidate member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
member of the State Committee on the State of Emergency
residence Moscow
roleInEvent hardline plotter in the 1991 coup attempt against Mikhail Gorbachev
significantEvent collapse of the Soviet Union
workLocation Moscow

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
August 1991 Soviet coup attempt
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