[DOC] [TLE] 1991 Soviet coup d'tat attempt - Wikipedia [PAR] The 1991 Soviet coup d'tat attempt, also known as the August Putsch or August 
Coup was an ... Opposition republics: Estonia  Latvia ... Although the coup 
collapsed in only two days and Gorbachev returned to ... About a week later, 
there was a similar attempt by local pro-Soviet forces to overthrow the Latvian 
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The coup against Gorbachev began on August 18, led by hard-line ... 
Nevertheless, they did manage to put Gorbachev under house arrest and 
demand that he... [DOC] [TLE] Coup attempt against Gorbachev begins - Aug 18, 1991 - HISTORY ... [PAR] On this day in History, Coup attempt against Gorbachev begins on Aug 18, 1991. 
... He called on the Russian people to strike and take to the streets to oppose the 
... Lead Story. 1991. Soviet hard-liners launch coup against Gorbachev. On this... [DOC] [TLE] The Soviet Coup That Failed - The New York Times [PAR] Aug 21, 2011 ... The latter-day Bolsheviks of 1991 unwittingly hastened the fall of U.S.S.R.. ... 
Communist apparatchiks outlined a plan to overthrow the Soviet government. ... a 
few days their ill-prepared coup attempt would bring forward all that they feared 
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arrives in Moscow with his troops, as a group led by the Soviet vice-president 
Gennady Yanayev attempts to overthrow Mikhail Gorbachev .... 23 August: Boris 
Yeltsin applauds Mikhail Gorbachev as he addresses the Russian... [DOC] [TLE] Q+A: What was the hardline Soviet coup attempt in 1991? | Reuters [PAR] Aug 16, 2011 ... Hardline communists opposed to Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev's reforms 
staged a coup in August 1991, ... Resistance was led by Russian President Boris 
Yeltsin, who ... Troops withdrew from Moscow and Gorbachev was able to fly 
back to Moscow, although he looked badly shaken by the experience. [DOC] [TLE] Communists still support 1991 coup against Gorbachev - RT.com [PAR] Aug 8, 2011 ... The Communists will commemorate the failed 1991 coup (RIA Novosti / STF) / 
RIA Novosti ... TagsConflict, Russia, Protest, Politics, Opposition ... of the August 
1991 coup led by hardliners in the Soviet leadership. ... attempted to isolate then-
President of the USSR Mikhail Gorbachev on August 18, 1991. [DOC] [TLE] Gorbachev Begins His Purge : 'The Hell With You!' He Told the ... [PAR] He Told the Plotters : Soviet Union: Leaders of the coup are dismissed. ... August 
23, 1991|JOHN-THOR DAHLBURG | TIMES STAFF WRITER ... and other plotters 
who tried to overthrow him and signaled a wide-scale purge of other ... the slide 
in authority and power from Gorbachev to the man who led the opposition to the... [DOC] [TLE] Bush Warned Him About Coup Plot, Gorbachev Says : Kremlin ... [PAR] Nov 13, 1991 ... Gorbachev said he replied: "President Bush, do not worry. ... Russian Federation 
President Boris N. Yeltsin, who led the opposition to the coup. [DOC] [TLE] Mikhail Gorbachev - New World Encyclopedia [PAR] In 1975, he led a delegation to West Germany, and in 1983 he headed a Soviet ... 
within the CPSU who opposed his policies of economic restructuring, and he ... 
The next day Gorbachev approved the attempt of the Soviet military to overthrow 
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efforts on reforms, a dormant economy, and the Afghanistan war led to a ... an 
aborted coup that attempted to overthrow Gorbachev (Remnick, 37-38). .... He 
intended to go back to

Question: He led the opposition to the coup that tried to overthrow Gorbachev in 1991
Answer: (Boris) Yeltsin