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The August Coup by Robert Service review – the drink-soaked collapse of the Soviet Union

The August Coup by Robert Service review – the drink-soaked collapse of the Soviet UnionWorldPing

This brilliant account of attempts by the old guard to take back control captures the ludicrousness of it all beautifully Marxist-Leninist rule in Russia lasted 74 years, and in August 1991 it effectively collapsed in just three days: clear evidence…

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