Twenty five years ago, on August 19th, 1991, the world woke up to news of the Moscow coup. Ukraine, than still a Soviet republic, used the upheaval to make its own way to sovereignity
Hromadske Radio: ‘Ukraine Calling’ discusses 1991 Moscow coup attempt
This file photo taken on August 24, 1991 shows the leader of the Soviet-era Russian republic Boris Yeltsin (C), flanked by his chief of guard Alexander Korzhakov (L) holding a bulletproof shield, delivering a speech during a funeral procession of the victims of the failed coup attempt in Moscow. Russia marks on August 19-22, 2011, the 25th anniversary of the abortive 1991 coup against then Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev. Tanks rolled through Moscow towards the Russian White House, where Boris Yeltsin, leader of the Soviet-era Russian republic at the time, gathered his supporters after denouncing the coup from the roof of a tank, which resulted later in the collapse of the Soviet empire.
