<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissolution_of_the_Soviet_Union" id="mwAVc" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Dissolution of the Soviet Union">Dissolution of the Soviet Union</a>: The <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991_Soviet_coup_d'état_attempt" id="mwAVg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt">August Coup</a> begins when <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_the_Soviet_Union" id="mwAVk" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="President of the Soviet Union">Soviet President</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhail_Gorbachev" id="mwAVo" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Mikhail Gorbachev">Mikhail Gorbachev</a> is placed under <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_arrest" id="mwAVs" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="House arrest">house arrest</a> while on holiday in the town of <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foros,_Ukraine" id="mwAVw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Foros, Ukraine">Foros, Ukraine</a>.