Boris Pugo

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Soviet politician communist government minister human

Boris Pugo was a Soviet politician and hardline Communist official who served as USSR interior minister and became known for his role as one of the leaders of the failed August 1991 coup attempt against Mikhail Gorbachev.

Statements (42)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Soviet politician → communist → government minister → human →
areaOfActivity	Soviet domestic security → Soviet internal affairs →
causeOfDeath	suicide →
conflict	Soviet political crisis of 1991 →
countryOfCitizenship	Soviet Union →
employer	Communist Party apparatus → Government of the Soviet Union →
ethnicGroup	Latvian →
facedConsequencesFrom	failure of the August 1991 coup attempt →
familyName	Pugo →
givenName	Boris →
hasRole	coup leader → interior minister →
ideologicallyOpposedTo	glasnost policies → perestroika reforms →
languageOfWorkOrName	Latvian → Russian →
mannerOfDeath	suicide by firearm →
memberOf	CPSU Central Committee → Communist Party of the Soviet Union → State Committee on the State of Emergency →
nativeLanguage	Russian →
notableEvent	failure of the August 1991 coup attempt →
notableFor	role as a leader of the August 1991 coup attempt →
notableWork	Participation in the August 1991 coup attempt in the Soviet Union →
occupation	party official → politician →
opponentOf	Mikhail Gorbachev →
participantIn	August 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt →
partOf	Soviet security and interior apparatus →
politicalIdeology	Marxism–Leninism → hardline communism →
positionHeld	Minister of Internal Affairs of the USSR →
residence	Moscow → Riga →
sexOrGender	male →
workLocation	Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic → Moscow →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
August 1991 Soviet coup attempt →	hasParticipant
State Committee on the State of Emergency in the USSR →	member