| ID | 105036 |
| Title Proper | Meltdown |
| Other Title Information | for the first time, Boris Yeltsin's right-hand man tells the inside story of the coup that killed glasnost-and changed the world |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Burbulis, Gennady ; Berdy, Michele A |
| Publication | 2011. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | That scum!" Boris Yeltsin fumed. "It's a coup. We can't let them get away with it."
It was the morning of Aug. 19, 1991, and the Russian president was standing at the door of his dacha in Arkhangelskoe, a compound of small country houses outside Moscow where the top Russian government officials lived. I had raced over from my own house nearby, after a friend called from Moscow, frantic and nearly hysterical, insisting that I turn on the radio. There had been a coup; Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev had been removed from power. |
| `In' analytical Note | Foreign Policy vol. , No. 187; July-Aug 2011: p.71-76 |
| Journal Source | Foreign Policy vol. , No. 187; July-Aug 2011: p.71-76 |
| Key Words | Boris Yeltsin ; Russia ; Mikhail Gorbachev ; Soviet Union ; Economic Collapse |