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  • Russia
    Tuesday Aug 20, 1991
    Dissolution of the Soviet Union

    Less centralized state

    Russia
    Tuesday Aug 20, 1991

    Faced with growing separatism, Gorbachev sought to restructure the Soviet Union into a less centralized state. On August 20, 1991, the Russian SFSR was scheduled to sign a New Union Treaty that would have converted the Soviet Union into a federation of independent republics with a common president, foreign policy and military. It was strongly supported by the Central Asian republics, which needed the economic advantages of a common market to prosper.




  • Russia
    Tuesday Aug 20, 1991
    Vladimir Putin

    Resignation from KGB

    Russia
    Tuesday Aug 20, 1991

    Putin claims that he resigned with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel on 20 August 1991




  • Estonia
    Tuesday Aug 20, 1991
    11:03:00 PM
    Dissolution of the Soviet Union

    Estonia had officially restored its independence

    Estonia
    Tuesday Aug 20, 1991
    11:03:00 PM

    Estonia had officially restored its independence during the coup in the dark hours of August 20, 1991, at 11:03 pm Tallinn time, many Estonian volunteers surrounded the Tallinn TV Tower in an attempt to prepare to cut off the communication channels after the Soviet troops seized it and refused to be intimidated by the Soviet troops. When Edgar Savisaar confronted the Soviet troops for ten minutes, they finally retreated from the TV tower after a failed resistance against the Estonians.




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