Footage The August 1991 coup. (1991)
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0:08:30The August 1991 coup (1991)
Scene №1 The August 1991 coup
Deputies and members of the government out of the building.
Among them - N.S.Mihalkov,, I.S.Silaev, Yakovlev, R.Hasbulatov, B.Khmelnitsky actor, musician Mstislav Rostropovich and others
Cameramen, photographers in the crowd.
Meeting at the White House.
The participants chanted: "Yeltsin!, Yeltsin", clap, wave their flags.
It sounds a hymn, listen to participants of the rally.
Boris Yeltsin passed through the crowd, coming to the tank.
Boris Yeltsin on a tank, standing next to A.Korzhakov.
Speech by Boris Yeltsin on the coup attempt, "... leads us to outlaw so-called Committee; ... it should be possible to President Gorbachev to speak to the people; ... demand the immediate convocation of the Extraordinary Congress of People's Deputies, to consider ... ad committee unconstitutional and qualify the actions of its organizers as a coup ... "etc.
Performs general of the Army, Chairman of Russia's defense K.I.Kobets.
Tanks at the White House.
The White House, Soviet flag on the building.
Personnel:
Yakovlev A.N. -- political and public figure, academician Eljcin B.N. -- statesman and political figure Korzhakov A.V. -- chiefs of the Russian President Mihalkov N.S. -- film director, actor, People's Artist of the RSFSR Rostropovich M.L. -- cellist, conductor, People's Artist of the USSR Hasbulatov R.I. -- politician and statesman Kobec K.I. -- General of the Army, Chairman of Russia's defense Hmeljnickij B.A. -- theater and film actor Silaev I.S. -- statesman and political figure
Calendar: August 1991
Locations: Moscow [820]
Seasons: Summer [824] Day [828] Sunny [831]