The Coup

In December of 1990 Vladimir Kryuchkov began preparing the KGB for a Soviet Union "state of emergency", hoping that he could convince Gorbachev to call a state of emergency and "restore peace" within the Soviet Union. On July 29, 1991 Gorbachev, Yeltsen, and Nazarbayev met to talk about replacing conservative with more liberal minds. Kryuchkov had put surveillance on Gorbachev, and was not pleased. On August 18 they gave Gorbachev an ultimatum, either declare a state of emergency or resign and let the vice president take over. Gorbachev refused and he was locked in his vacation location in Foros. After the return the conspirators declared a state of emergency and Gennady Yanayev took place as acting president due to Gorbachev's "illness". They band all papers excluding 9 communist based one. Eventually Gorbachev came back into power and the conspirators were arrested. Y