CHAPTER 16 The End of the Soviet Order
Journal: Academic Studies Press eBooks
Year: 2023

The End of the Soviet Order In August 1991, Roy Medvedev was vacationing in a luxurious sanatorium in Kislovodsk in the North Caucasus along with other deputies.A year earlier, in July 1990, he had been unexpectedly appointed a member of the Central Committee of the CPSU, apparently at Gorbachev's initiative.However, the Party's ruling organs were steadily losing power in the face of mounting protests.Medvedev increasingly felt the weakness of Gorbachev's leadership and had lost confidence in hi