Today August 18th, in 1991 Soviet reformer Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev was placed under house arrest by members of the Communist party in an attempted coup to transfer power. The coup failed but Gorbachev would still lose power to popular reformer Borris Yeltsin. The Soviet Union dissolved four months later on December 31st.

Today August 18th, in 1991 Soviet reformer Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev was placed under house arrest by members of the Communist party in an attempted coup to transfer power. The coup failed but Gorbachev would still lose power to popular reformer Borris Yeltsin. The Soviet Union dissolved four months later on December 31st.

Today August 18th, in 1991 Soviet reformer Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev was placed under house arrest by members of the Communist party in an attempted coup to transfer power. The coup failed but Gorbachev would still lose power to popular reformer Borris Yeltsin. The Soviet Union dissolved four months later on December 31st.

Today August 18th, in 1991 Soviet reformer Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev was placed under house arrest by members of the Communist party in an attempted coup to transfer power. The coup failed but Gorbachev would still lose power to popular reformer Borris Yeltsin. The Soviet Union dissolved four months later on December 31st.

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