The last days of the Soviet Empire. August , 1991 (4)

Mikhail Gorbachev flew to Moscow. So did the GKChP delegation. When Vladimir Kryuchkov, Dmitriy Yazov, and Alexander Tizyakov arrived in Moscow in the early hours of August 22 they were arrested at the airport. In the morning of August 22 Gennady Yanayev was arrested in his office. Boris Pugo together with his wife committed suicide on August 23. On the same day Valentin Pavlov and Vasily Starodubtsev were arrested. Oleg Baklanov, Valeriy Boldin, Oleg Shenin were arrested on August 24.
Since a number of heads of the regional executive committees supported GKChP, on August 21 Supreme Soviet of the Russian SFSR by its Decision No.1626-1 authorized Russian President Boris Yeltsin to appoint heads of regional administrations, though the Russian constitution effective at that moment did not provide such a right to the President.
On August 22 the Supreme Soviet of the Russian SFSR by its Decision No.1627/1-1 declared the historical Russian white-blue-red national flag the official national flag of Russia, instead of the Soviet red flag.
In the night of August 23 -- August 24 the monument to Feliks Dzerzhinskiy, the head of Vecheka, in front of the KGB building at Dzerzhinskiy Square (Lubianka) was dismantled.
On August 24 thousands of Moscow citizens took part in the funeral of Dmitriy Komar, Vladimir Usov and Ilya Krichevskiy. Mikhail Gorbachev posthumously awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union to them. Boris Yeltsin asked their relatives to forgive him for not being able to prevent their deaths.

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[54jillianpalmers44]

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[tienluat]

Will the Russians have to understand Lenin's words "ignorant + enthusiasm = damage !!!!!!!!!!!

[soonhewilldrink]

And now they've a dictatorship again, only without those nifty social programs.

[gdsspam]

@redstarpete НАНАНА! I like how now the economy of EU collapsed))) And in the next year US economy will collapse too))) AHAHAH)))))))))))

[DCM1shot1death87]

I love uncle sam

[redstarpete]

HAHAHA i love how after that the economy collapsed!!! Hav fun russia

[stephenparallox]

I used to be a communist empire like you, then I took an arrow in the knee

[Fridaey13txhOktober]

I hope someone gives gorbatchev a winnie mandela necklace while he is still alive.

[dino19381]

Gorbachaev shud aware of the media of the Western,he is d one hu accept the compliment of the Western and follow their step to democracy,at last end up the collapse of the USSR,without the role play by Yelshin,Belarus,Ukraine,then there wouldn't be the disintegration of the Soviet Union

[mcamoran]

@ukusapillage there is poverty and unemployment that lead to similar conditions idiot!

[1martinjom]

No more walls, BErlin is one and integrated! to all the pissed offs, dont stop cursing! hahahahhaha

[ReadeRomke]

gorbachev is a hero for Europe! He brought back democracy... communism is always -1!