NEW YORK – Twenty-four years ago this month, Soviet hardliners, desperate to stop the country’s nascent democratic transition, arrested Mikhail Gorbachev and declared martial law. In response, millions of protesters poured into the streets of Moscow and towns across the Soviet Union.
纽约——二十四年前的这个月，苏联的强硬派不顾一切地阻止国内新生的民主过渡，逮捕米哈伊尔·戈尔巴乔夫并宣布戒严。为此，数以百万计的示威者涌入莫斯科街道和苏联城镇。军队的关键力量拒绝接受政变，导致这次政变迅速崩溃——和不久后苏联解体的发生。