by Prof. Gordon L. Bowen, Ph.D.
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Reformers |
Anti-democrats |
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Boris Yeltsin, Pres. of Russia |
Gennady Yanayev, V.P. of USSR; Chaired “State Emergency Committee” |
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Gen. Pavel Grachev, Parachute Division Commander |
Boris Pugo, Interior Minister |
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Most Muscovites |
Marshal Dmitri Yazov, Defense Minister |
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Yevgeny Shaposhnikov, Air Force Commander |
Yuri Prokofyev, Secy. of Moscow CPSU |
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Reformers |
Anti-democrats |
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Boris Yeltsin, Pres. of Russia |
Vice Pres. Aleksandr Rutskoi |
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Def. Min. Pavel Grachev |
Ruslan Khasbulatov, Chair of Supreme Soviet |
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Russian Military Commanders |
Armed supporters of Rutskoi and Khasbulatov |