Friday, September 24, 2010

Soviet coup plotter Yanayev dies at 73 (AP)

 

FILE - Gennedy Yanayev answers reporters questions during his first news conference after being elected to the post of Soviet vice-president in this Dec. 27, 1990 file photo taken at the Kremlin in Moscow. Russia's Communist Party says Gennady Yanayev, a coup plotter who briefly declared himself president of the Soviet Union, replacing Mikhail Gorbachev, died Friday Sept. 24, 2010 at age 73. (AP Photo/Boris Yurchenko, File)AP - Gennady Yanayev, a leader of the abortive 1991 Soviet coup who briefly declared himself president replacing Mikhail Gorbachev, has died at age 73, Russia's Communist Party announced Friday.

Soviet coup plotter Yanayev dies at 73 (AP)
Fri, 24 Sep 2010 08:45:29 GMT

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