What is 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt?
The '''August Coup''' was a [[coup d'etat]] in [[Russia]] [[August]] of [[1991]] in which communist [[hardline]]rs in the [[Soviet Communist Party]] tried to wrestle control of the country from [[Mikhail Gorbachev]], who they believed deviated from communist doctrine too much. [[Category:Coups d'état]] [[Category:1990s in the Soviet Union]] {{history-stub}}