Former USSR Defense Minister Dmitry Yazov (left) and former USSR Vice-President Gennady Yanayev (right) take part in the meeting of GKCHP (Emergency State Committe) members and other participants of the putsch in 1991, condemned later for the attempt of the coup d'etat. The meeting took place at the 'Patriot' newspaper editorial office.
Former USSR Defense Minister Dmitry Yazov (left), former USSR Vice-President Gennady Yanayev (center) and former USSR Prime Minister Valentin Pavlov (right) take part in the meeting of GKCHP (Emergency State Committe) members and other participants of the putsch in 1991, condemned later for the attempt of the coup d'etat. The meeting took place at the 'Patriot' newspaper editorial office.
Former USSR Defense Minister Dmitry Yazov (left), former USSR Vice-President Gennady Yanayev (center) and former USSR Prime Minister Valentin Pavlov (right) take part in the meeting of GKCHP (Emergency State Committe) members and other participants of the putsch in 1991, condemned later for the attempt of the coup d'etat. The meeting took place at the 'Patriot' newspaper editorial office.
Valentin Pavlov, Prime Minister of the USSR and member of the State Emergency Committee (SEC) in 1991, speaks during the meeting of the SEC members held in the editor's office of the "Patriot" newspaper. The self-proclaimed State Emergency Committee tried to depose the-then USSR President M.Gorbatchev in August 1991.
Former USSR Vice President and one of the leaders of the 1991 August Putsch Gennady Yanayev attends the meeting of the August Pustch leaders and people involved in its organisation. The meeting was held on the 10th anniversary of the Pustch on the premises of 'Pravda' newspaper.