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We're you, Welcome to the Russian rulers history podcast.

Episode 115. A coup, a failure, and the beginning of new Russia.

Well, we're down to the last three podcasts on the ruler's side of the history of Russia and from there as I've told you in

previous podcasts I'm going to be moving on to different subjects one of which

because of the recent bombings in Boston, I want to talk about the Chechens and their relationship

with Russia.

And I'll see if I can do that before the last episode of the rulers, because I think it's a very timely topic and something that I want to have clarification

on who the Chechens are and why there's such animosity between them and Russia.

Well, anyways, let's get on to this one.

Last time, we saw the rise of Boris Yeltsin from the ashes of shame.

We also recounted the beginning of the disintegration of the power of the Communist Party. the

beginning of the disintegration of the power of the Communist Party.

Now, we're in July of 1991.

When Yeltsin issued decree number 14,

which banned the Communist Party from using government property of the

RSFSR.

Discussions were now being made between the leaders of many of the republics of the USSR to create a new confederation of states

known as the CIS which Gorbachev was dead set against. Still the Soviet Union under Michael Sarguevich had teeth and could pose a threat

to the fervor of independence. Despite all the rhetoric, though, Yeltsin had to be careful.

Any such possibility was to be shattered during the almost comical attempted coup by Soviet

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