State Committee for the Defense of the Constitutional Order

Events

• 1991 Soviet Coup Attempt Fails After Four Days

Recent coverage

• No one came to protect — Вечерняя Москва
• Swan Lake and the anniversary of the creation of the new Russia. "Context" by Nastya Lotareva* — BBC News Русская служба
• 35 years ago, in August 1991, the coup d'état of the CPSU Central Committee failed in Moscow. Following this, like a house of cards, the USSR collapsed. It seemed that Russia had set itself on the path of democracy and modernization, becoming a 'normal' country. But today it is obvious that the attempt to reform the country and build a democratic state failed. — Радио Свобода
• Peskov called the 1991 August Coup an inseparable part of Russian history — Коммерсантъ
• Peskov called the August coup an inseparable part of Russian history — Ведомости
• «Contract Match» of Gorbachev and Yeltsin: who really destroyed the Soviet Union — Вечерняя Москва
• The Path from Order to Freedom and Back — Вечерняя Москва