Episode 302 GEORGE H. W. BUSH The Soviet Coup (Part 2) Blood in the Street

George H.W. Bush 1991 The Clarence Thomas Hearings

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In this episode we see the beginning of the end of the Coup as three people are killed by tanks running over them as the Army is moving in Moscow toward the White House, their home of the Russian Parliament. It is a day full of drama as Boris Yeltsin fights back defiantly. He eludes the Coup leaders by 40 minutes at his house and heads down to the parliament building. Then he moves to block the coup.
He calls on a strike by the nations minors, calls the coup leaders directly, and warns them that the world is watching and their would be consequences for their actions, and he talks with the leaders of the free world , John Major of the United Kingdom, and George H. W, Bush. the President of the United States, and he impresses then both. He is singularly the brave figure who stands up against the tyranny of the Committee of Eight.
Boris Yeltsin emerges on this day as the most powerful public figure in Russia.

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Chapter

1. 1991 Soviet Coup D'état attempt Live Report - August 20, 1991 - KOMO TV 4 Seattle (00:00:00)

2. Music Intro (00:00:55)

3. Diary of President George H. W. Bush August 20, 1991 (00:01:19)

4. 1991 Soviet Coup D'état attempt Live Report - August 20, 1991 - KOMO TV 4 Seattle (00:02:31)

5. Diary of George H. W. Bush List of things to do now August 20, 1991 (00:05:37)

6. From the book "All My Best" by George H. W. Bush, letters to Senator Richard Lugar R-Indiana and Senator John Chafee R-Rhode Island (00:06:29)

7. Press Conference with Senator Dennis DeConcini of Arizona (00:07:45)

8. ABC World News Tonight with Peter Jennings Day 2 of the Soviet Coup - August 20, 1991 (00:18:24)

9. Closing music (00:40:18)