Failed coup which led to the collapse of the ussr

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Subscribe Sign In. Continue reading your article with a WSJ membership. In another inexplicable oversight by the plotters, the outspoken Russian president was never detained — despite an order being written for his arrest. Heavy drinking appears to be at least part of the reason why he was never brought in. Things remained tense and finely balanced into 20 August. On the other, there were growing signs of sabotage and paralysis. As rumours swelled about an anticipated attack on the White House, protesters flocked to central Moscow in tens of thousands.

Many of them helped build makeshift barricades from trolleybuses and anything they could lay their hands on. The coup leaders had a detailed scheme to neutralise Yeltsin and the Russian government, with maps and instructions for the use of special forces and so on.

In confessions given to chief prosecutor Stepankov, never officially made public, the plotters admitted they had resolved to order the storming of the White House on the night of August. But the plan was derailed by tragedy. At approximately 11pm, news broke about the deaths of three protesters in an underpass half a mile away from the White House.

The men were killed as tanks attempted to break through trolleybus barricades. Dmitry Komar, 23, and Vladimir Usov, 38, were crushed under tank treads. Ilya Krichevsky, 28, was shot in the head. Witnesses said the men believed the tanks were headed for the White House.

In reality, the divisions in question had nothing to do with the planned operation, and soldiers appeared to be acting out of fear of falling to the mob. A pro-democracy demonstrator fights with a Soviet soldier on top of a tank parked in front of the Russian Federation building on 19 August The deaths had a profound impact on at least one of the gang of eight. Spooked by the reality of deaths on the streets of Moscow, defence minister Dmitry Yazov brought his staff together for talks.

He was stunned by what they had to say.