[DOC] [TLE] Coup attempt against Gorbachev collapses - Aug 21, 1991 ... [PAR] On this day in History, Coup attempt against Gorbachev collapses on Aug 21, 
1991. ... The coup against Gorbachev began on August 18, led by hard-line 
communist ... house arrest and demand that he resign from leadership of the 
Soviet Union. ... as president of the largest and most powerful of the former soviet 
socialist... [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 attempt by members of the Soviet Union's government to take 
control of the country from Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev. The coup leaders 
were hard-line members of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) .... 
Yanayev signed the decree naming himself as acting USSR president on the... [DOC] [TLE] Mikhail Gorbachev - Wikipedia [PAR] Gorbachev Era  Revolutions of 1989  Dissolution of the Soviet Union. Leader of 
the Soviet ... He was the eighth and last leader of the Soviet Union, having been 
General ... from 1989 to 1990, and as President of the Soviet Union from 1990 to 
1991). ... This was Gorbachev's third attempt to establish a political party, having
... [DOC] [TLE] Dissolution of the Soviet Union - Wikipedia [PAR] The Soviet Union was dissolved on December 26, 1991, as a result of the 
declaration no. 142- of the Soviet of the Republics of the Supreme Soviet of the 
Soviet Union. The declaration acknowledged the independence of the former 
Soviet .... Under Gorbachev's leadership, the Communist Party of the Soviet 
Union in 1989... [DOC] [TLE] Boris N. Yeltsin, Who Buried the U.S.S.R., Dies at 76 [PAR] Apr 25, 2007 ... The last Soviet president and, for a time, his rival for power, Mikhail S. Gorbachev
, ... He made no mention of Mr. Yeltsin's role in his own rise to power. .... who 
were threatening to overthrow Mr. Gorbachev, the last Soviet leader. ... the 
Communist Party Politburo in 1987, the Communist coup attempt in 1993,... [DOC] [TLE] Boris Yeltsin, Russia's First Post-Soviet Leader, Is Dead - The New ... [PAR] Apr 23, 2007 ... President Bush said today that he and his wife were deeply ... forces who were 
threatening to overthrow Mr. Gorbachev, the last Soviet leader. ... Bill Keller, who 
covered the Soviet Union for The New York Times from 1986 to 1991 and is ... 
Communist Party Politburo in 1987; the Communist coup attempt in... [DOC] [TLE] Boris Yeltsin | World news | The Guardian [PAR] Apr 23, 2007 ... Russia's first elected president, he earned admiration and hatred for his role in 
burying the Soviet Union. ... Former Russian president Boris Yeltsin makes a 
toast at an awards ceremony in Moscow in 1998. Photograph: Sergey Chirikov/
EPA ... The Communist party was almost a military structure. Regional... [DOC] [TLE] End of the Cold War - U.S. History in Context - Gale [PAR] On December 25, 1991, U.S. president George Bush (1924; served ... 
Gorbachev had attempted to reform the Communist Party and create a limited ... 
Under old-style communism, the Soviet Union was sliding into economic 
stagnation. ..... He promised that (1) NATO forces would not be placed in the 
former East Germany;... [DOC] [TLE] Mikhail Gorbachev - Biography - IMDb [PAR] Mikhail Gorbachev was the last leader of the Soviet Communist Party who 
initiated ... At that time Gorbachev made his first travels outside of the Soviet 
Union. ... The country of almost three hundred million people was stuck in 
stagnation, inefficiency, and apathy. .... He resigned as USSR President on 
Christmas Day, 1991. [DOC] [TLE] Country Guide: RUSSIA (washingtonpost.com) [PAR] After the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, all of the former ... Following the 
failed August Coup and independence, the assets of the Communist party were 
.... Covering nearly half of Russian territory, this is the least populated and least 
..... He finished ahead of his chief rival, Communist Gennady Zyuganov, in the 
first... [DOC]

Question: The last president of the Soviet Union, he was nearly overthrown in a 1991 coup attempted by his Communist rivals
Answer: Mikhail Gorbachev