After Words with Conor O'Clery
The former Irish Times Moscow correspondent details the day that Mikhail Gorbachev resigned as president of the U.S.S.R. and the failed coup that led to that day. He discussed the country’s …
671 viewsThe former Irish Times Moscow correspondent details the day that Mikhail Gorbachev resigned as president of the U.S.S.R. and the failed coup that led to that day. He discussed the country’s …
671 viewsSusan Glasser spoke about the fall of the Soviet Union on the anniversary of the failed coup in which a group of Communist Party Politburo members and Soviet government officials attempted t…
742 viewsOn December 25, 1991, Mikhail Gorbachev resigned as president of the USSR. The following day, the Supreme Soviet recognized the collapse of the Soviet Union and disbanded itself. Fifteen yea…
712 viewsTimothy Colton talked about his book Yeltsin: A Life, published by Basic Books, about the life of the first publicly elected president in Russia, President Boris Yeltsin. Topics included the…
272 viewsSoviet President Gorbachev, in a dramatic news conference, described his detainment in his Crimean vacation home which began Sunday, August 18, and lasted three days. President Gorbachev, hi…
810 viewsPresident George H.W. Bush, briefed reporters on his phone call with Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev which he had just concluded. President Gorbachev planned to return from where he had b…
1,414 viewsPresident Bush delivered remarks concerning the ongoing coup in the Soviet Union following a ceremonial swearing-in of Robert Strauss as U.S. ambassador to the Soviet Union. He said Mr. Stra…
140 viewsPresident Bush interrupted his vacation in Kennebunkport, Maine, to discuss the coup in the Soviet Union which occurred the previous day, when hard-line Communists took power in the Soviet U…
724 viewsGen. Oleg Kalugin, former KGB spy, talked about the attempted coup last summer in the former Soviet Union. Gen. Kalugin shared information about his role as a spy for what he called a very …
242 viewsBrian Lockman toured Vilnius, Lithuania, September 10-14, 1991. Mr. Lockman’s tour guide was Vale Udriene, a resident of Vilnius. Video clips were shown of the city, focusing on sites from t…
213 viewsThe Close Up Foundation held a discussion of U.S. Soviet Relations. The Panelists discussed the attempted coup in the Soviet Union and changes that have occurred in the relationship between …
151 viewsMr. Pankin talked about the changes in his Country and the effect those changes would have on the role of the Soviets in world affairs. He discussed the failed coup, and the ending of the Co…
50 viewsMr. Maltsev talked about the recent changes in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe. In particular he focused on the role of democracy, and the strength of the public will. Also addressed was…
203 viewsMr. Weyrich talked about the emerging leadership in the Soviet Union, focusing on the involvement of his organization, the Free Congress Foundation, in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union, a…
118 viewsThe Soviet news program “TV Inform,” replaced the regularly scheduled Soviet news program, reportedly for the first time in 23 years. The newscast “TV Inform” carried the news on the day’s e…
215 viewsMr. Jahn discussed the emerging free news media in the Soviet Union and the role of the media in the failed coup.
89 viewsSecretary of Defense Dick Cheney spoke at the American Political Science Association’s 1991 annual meeting in Washington, DC, on recent events in the Soviet Union and the Persian Gulf war fr…
78 viewsRep. Les Aspin, chairman of the House Armed Services committee, briefed reporters in the U.S. Capitol on a proposal to appropriate approximately $1 billion in aid to the Soviet Union for foo…
35 viewsU.S. President George H.W. Bush and United Kingdom Prime Minister John Major briefed reporters on a plan to provide foreign aid to the republics of the Soviet Union in the form of food. The …
198 viewsFollowing their meeting on the events in the Soviet Union, Canadian Prime Minister Mulroney and U.S. President Bush held a news conference to discuss their respective countries' foreign poli…
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