Boris Yeltsin
Search results
Gennady Ivanovich Yanayev (Russian: Геннадий Иванович Янаев; 26 August 1937 – 24 September 2010) was a Soviet politician. Yanayev's political career spanned the rules of Khrushchev , Brezhnev , Andropov and Chernenko , and culminated during the Gorbachev years.
Sep 24, 2010 · Yanayev was one of the 12 members of the State Emergency Committee that tried to oust Mikhail Gorbachev in 1991, but failed due to public protests. He later claimed he was drunk when he declared himself president and denied affecting his judgment.
Along with Boris Yeltsin standing on a tank, it was the defining image of the dying Soviet Union's comic opera coup in August 1991: Gennady Yanayev, the new figurehead president, facing the world ...
The coup leaders consisted of top military and civilian officials, including Vice President Gennady Yanayev, who together formed the State Committee on the State of Emergency (GKChP). They opposed Gorbachev's reform program , were angry at the loss of control over Eastern European states and fearful of the New Union Treaty , which was on the ...
Sep 24, 2010 · Gennady Yanayev, a leader of the abortive 1991 Soviet coup who briefly declared himself president replacing Mikhail Gorbachev, has died at age 73, Russia's Communist Party announced Friday.
People also ask
Who was Gennady Yanayev?
How did Gennady Yanayev die?
Was Gennady Ivanovich Yanayev correct?
Why did Yanayev take over the Soviet Union?
Sep 24, 2010 · Former Soviet Vice-President Gennady Yanayev, who led an abortive coup against Mikhail Gorbachev in 1991, has died in a Moscow hospital aged 73. The coup failed and Yanayev was arrested, but he was pardoned in 1994.
Sep 26, 2010 · We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us.
