August 1991 Soviet coup attempt

E7702

coup d'état attempt event in the dissolution of the Soviet Union political crisis

The August 1991 Soviet coup attempt was a failed hardline effort to overthrow Mikhail Gorbachev and halt his reforms, which accelerated the collapse of the Soviet Union.

Observed surface forms (7)

Surface form	Occurrences
1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt	4
August 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt	2
August Coup	2
1991 Soviet coup attempt	1
1991 Soviet coup d’état attempt	1
Soviet coup attempt of August 1991	1
Soviet political crisis of 1991	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	coup d'état attempt ⓘ event in the dissolution of the Soviet Union ⓘ political crisis ⓘ
aimedAt	halt of perestroika reforms ⓘ preservation of the Soviet Union in centralized form ⓘ removal of Mikhail Gorbachev from power ⓘ
country	Soviet Union ⓘ
endDate	1991-08-21 ⓘ
followedBy	Belavezha Accords ⓘ formal dissolution of the Soviet Union ⓘ
hasAlias	August 1991 Soviet coup attempt self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt August 1991 Soviet coup attempt self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: August Coup GKChP coup ⓘ
hasCasualties	civilian deaths in Moscow ⓘ
hasParticipant	Anatoly Lukyanov ⓘ Boris Pugo ⓘ Boris Yeltsin ⓘ Dmitry Yazov ⓘ Gennady Yanayev ⓘ Mikhail Gorbachev ⓘ Oleg Baklanov ⓘ Valentin Pavlov ⓘ Vladimir Kryuchkov ⓘ
keyEvent	Boris Yeltsin's speech from a tank outside the Russian White House ⓘ
legalOutcome	arrest of coup leaders ⓘ subsequent trials of GKChP members ⓘ
location	Moscow ⓘ Russian SFSR ⓘ surface form: Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
mediaTypeDepiction	documentary films about the August Coup ⓘ historical studies on the collapse of the USSR ⓘ
opposedBy	Boris Yeltsin ⓘ Russian democratic movement ⓘ
organizedBy	State Committee on the State of Emergency in the USSR ⓘ
precededBy	glasnost policy ⓘ perestroika reforms ⓘ
result	accelerated dissolution of the Soviet Union ⓘ banning of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in Russia ⓘ failure of the coup ⓘ restoration of Mikhail Gorbachev to office ⓘ strengthening of Boris Yeltsin's political position ⓘ suspension of Communist Party activities in Russia ⓘ
significance	major step toward end of one-party rule in the Soviet Union ⓘ turning point in Russian political history ⓘ
startDate	1991-08-19 ⓘ
timePeriod	late Cold War ⓘ
triggeredBy	planned signing of the New Union Treaty ⓘ
usedMethod	control of state media ⓘ declaration of state of emergency ⓘ deployment of military units in Moscow ⓘ

Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Communist Party of the Soviet Union → associatedWithEvent → August 1991 Soviet coup attempt ⓘ

Boris Pugo → conflict → August 1991 Soviet coup attempt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet political crisis of 1991

August 1991 Soviet coup attempt → hasAlias → August 1991 Soviet coup attempt self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: August Coup

August 1991 Soviet coup attempt → hasAlias → August 1991 Soviet coup attempt self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt

dissolution of the Soviet Union → hasSignificantEvent → August 1991 Soviet coup attempt ⓘ

this entity surface form: August Coup

Boris Yeltsin (as President of the RSFSR) in 1991 → keyEvent → August 1991 Soviet coup attempt ⓘ

this entity surface form: 1991 Soviet coup d’état attempt

Boris Pugo → participantIn → August 1991 Soviet coup attempt ⓘ

this entity surface form: August 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt

Dmitry Yazov → participantIn → August 1991 Soviet coup attempt ⓘ

Oleg Baklanov → participantIn → August 1991 Soviet coup attempt ⓘ

this entity surface form: 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt

Vladimir Kryuchkov → participantIn → August 1991 Soviet coup attempt ⓘ

this entity surface form: August 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt

Boris Yeltsin → participatedIn → August 1991 Soviet coup attempt ⓘ

Gennady Yanayev → participatedIn → August 1991 Soviet coup attempt ⓘ

this entity surface form: 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt

Belavezha Accords → relatedEvent → August 1991 Soviet coup attempt ⓘ

President of the Soviet Union → significantEvent → August 1991 Soviet coup attempt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet coup attempt of August 1991

State Committee on the State of Emergency in the USSR → significantEvent → August 1991 Soviet coup attempt ⓘ

this entity surface form: 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt

White House, Moscow → significantEvent → August 1991 Soviet coup attempt ⓘ

this entity surface form: 1991 Soviet coup attempt