1991 newspaper COLD WAR ENDS w Coup against Russia President MIKHAIL GORBACHEV

Description: 1991 newspaper - Russia President MIKHAIL GORBACHEV is OVERTHROWN in a SOVIET UNION COUP by hard liners. This marks the beginning of the end of the "COLD WAR" - inv # 4B-301 SEE PHOTO----- COMPLETE, ORIGINAL 24-page front news section of the Los Angeles Times (CA) dated Aug 19, 1991. This newspaper contains a bold banner headline and color photos with a "first report" of the 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt to overthrow the President of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev, in a COUP by hard-line Communists unhappy with his liberal policies of Glastnost and Perestroika. This marks the "beginning of the end" of the SOVIET UNION which no longer existed as of Dec 26, 1991. This was the END of the "COLD WAR" !!! The 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt, also known as the August Putsch or August Coup was a coup d'état attempt by a group of members of the Soviet Union's government to take control of the country from Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev. The coup leaders were hard-line members of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) who were opposed to Gorbachev's reform program and the new union treaty that he had negotiated which decentralized much of the central government's power to the republics. They were opposed, mainly in Moscow, by a short but effective campaign of civil resistance. Although the coup collapsed in only two days and Gorbachev returned to government, the event destabilized the Soviet Union and is widely considered to have contributed to both the demise of the CPSU and the dissolution of the Soviet Union. After the capitulation of the State Committee on the State of Emergency (GKChP) — popularly referred to as the “Gang of Eight”, both the Supreme Court of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (RSFSR) and the President of the USSR Mikhail Gorbachev described their actions as a coup attempt. On 24 December 1991 the Russian Federation, with the concurrence of the other republics of the Commonwealth of Independent States, informed the United Nations that it would succeed the Soviet Union in its membership in the UN and in its seat on the UN Security Council. After Russia's succession, on 25 December 1991, Gorbachev announced his resignation as Soviet president. The red hammer and sickle flag of the Soviet Union was lowered from the Senate building in the Kremlin and replaced with the tricolor flag of Russia. The next day, 26 December 1991, the Soviet Union officially ceased to exist. Excellent condition. This listing includes the complete entire original 24-page front news section of a newspaper, NOT just a clipping or a page of it. STEPHEN A. GOLDMAN HISTORICAL NEWSPAPERS stands behind all of the items that we sell with a no questions asked, money back guarantee. Every item we sell is an original newspaper printed on the date indicated at the beginning of its description. U.S. buyers pay priority mail postage which includes waterproof plastic and a heavy cardboard flat to protect your purchase from damage in the mail. International postage is quoted when we are informed as to where the package is to be sent. We do combine postage (to reduce postage costs) for multiple purchases sent in the same package. We list hundreds of rare newspapers with dates from 1570 through 2004 on Ebay each week. This is truly SIX CENTURIES OF HISTORY that YOU CAN OWN! Stephen A. Goldman Historical Newspapers has been in the business of buying and selling historical newspapers for over 45 years. Dr. Goldman is a consultant to the Freedom Forum Newseum and a member of the American Antiquarian Society. You can buy with confidence from us, knowing that we stand behind all of our historical items with a 100% money back guarantee. Let our 45+ years of experience work for YOU ! We have hundreds of thousands of historical newspapers (and their very early precursors) for sale.

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