AN HISTORIC STEP TOWARD FREEDOM IN SOVIET UNION

From: The Record (Bergen County, NJ) | Date: August 22, 1991 | Copyright information

The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
08-22-1991
AN HISTORIC STEP TOWARD FREEDOM IN SOVIET UNION
Date: 08-22-1991, Thursday
Section: OPINION
Edition: All Editions -- Four Star B, Three Star P, Two Star, One Star

WHAT AN ending. On Monday, there seemed to be little question that
the Soviet Union's experiment in democracy was crushed. By Wednesday,
the coup led by the gang of eight ignorant thugs collapsed, suddenly and
dramatically. Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev returned to Moscow.
Boris Yeltsin, the president of the Russian Republic, emerged with new
international stature and respect.

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