... at home. A military coup was attempted by a group of anti-reformists. Leaders of the army, the KGB and the Interior Ministry placed Gorbachev under arrest and took over the government. Boris Yeltsin, a supporter of immediate reform, called on the people to resist the coup. Demonstrations and strikes broke out across the country and the coup collapsed. Reformists took control and the final ... ...

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