Shadows on Red Square
Article Abstract:
An independence movement in Ukraine is threatening the struggle for national unity in the Soviet Union. Boris Yeltsin and Mikhail Gorbachev are attempting to hold the country together amid extensive economic problems.
Publication Name: Maclean's
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0024-9262
Year: 1991
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Freedom's year
Article Abstract:
The year of 1991 in Soviet Union politics is reviewed, including the fall from power of Mikhail Gorbachev as democracy swept the country. It appears Boris Yeltsin will now lead the new commonwealth.
Publication Name: Maclean's
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0024-9262
Year: 1991
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Red is dead
Article Abstract:
The response of the Soviet people and army personnel to the coup attempt altered the course of the government, crippling the Communist Party and caused the dissolution of the USSR.
Publication Name: Maclean's
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0024-9262
Year: 1991
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