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1991 Attempted coup: what witnesses and participants recall

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Exactly 17 years ago, at 6:00 am, the Soviet Union announced the state of emergency. President Mikhail Gorbachev was announced incapable of running the country, while power was taken over by a State Committee for the State of Emergency.
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