Vasily A. Starodubtsev
Soviet politician
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Soviet coup of 1991
- In collapse of the Soviet Union: The coup against Gorbachev
…of Internal Affairs Boris Pugo; Vasily Starodubtsev, chairman of the Farmers’ Union; Aleksandr Tizyakov, president of the U.S.S.R. Association of State Enterprises; and Minister of Defense Marshal Dmitry Yazov. They soon issued Resolution No. 1, which banned strikes and demonstrations and imposed press censorship. There was also an address to…
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