Gang Of Eight (Soviet Union)
The State Committee on the State of Emergency (Russian: Государственный комитет по чрезвычайному положению, ГКЧП) was a group of eight high-level officials within the Soviet government, the Communist party and the KGB who attempted a coup against Mikhail Gorbachev on 18 August 1991. Within two days, by 20 August 1991, the attempted coup collapsed.
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