Dissolution of the Soviet Union - Coup Collapsed
Time: Wednesday Aug 21, 1991
Place: Russia
Details: On August 21, 1991, the coup collapsed. The organizers were detained and Gorbachev was reinstated as president, albeit with his power much depleted.
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