A catalyst coup
A catalyst coup
Author(s): Erik LenhartSubject(s): Politics / Political Sciences
Published by: Univerzita sv. Cyrila a Metoda v Trnave, Katedra politológie
Keywords: August Coup; Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU); new union treaty; State Emergency Committee (GKChP); Declaration of the Soviet Leadership; dilemma of liberalizations
Summary/Abstract: This article analyses the August Coup 1991. The author of the article argues that the coup was a key moment in evolution of USSR. The article examines the background of the coup. It shortly reviews the coup development. It analyses the reason of coup failure and the coup aftermath. The article examines how the coup failure contributed to the subsequent disintegration of USSR. The author considers the coup to be essential due to speeding up the disintegration process of USSR; He also identifies it as a point in which there was no way of turning back. The coup has cancelled the attempt of ZSSR political system consolidation. The author further analyses the political power transition from the central soviet authorities to the republics’ authorities.
Journal: Slovenská politologická revue
- Issue Year: 2007
- Issue No: 4
- Page Range: 104-113
- Page Count: 10
- Language: English
