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By Caden Wilcox As September 1991 reached its end, whatever cohesion the Soviet Union still had was increasingly giving way to disunion. Across all newspaper reports and editorials, writers openly dissented with government officials and criticized government processes. From September … Continue reading
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By Anastasia Treat By mid-September 1991, not only were people dealing with the weakening of the Soviet Union, because of the worsening economic situation they also still had to worry about surviving the winter. The September 22issue of The … Continue reading
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By Liam Martin By early September, it was obvious to everyone that the Soviet Union was not the power it had once been. Gorbachev was widely perceived as weak, the Soviet government was perceived as corrupt, and questions began to … Continue reading
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By: Natasha Netzorg After the dust had settled from the August Coup, Soviet media outlets began to address the events, offer diagnoses on what had just happened, and plausible treatments for a multitude of problems. Opinions ranged, although almost most … Continue reading
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By Izzy Tice After the August 19 coup attempt, the major newspapers in the Soviet Union ceased publication for several days. Both Moscow News, the oldest Russian newspaper printed in English, and the official Soviet newspaper, Pravda, did not publish … Continue reading
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By Colton Powaski Although it was not entirely evident that a coup would take place on August 19,1991, several articles and op-eds published in the August 18-25 edition of the English-language Moscow News demonstrated concern about the future of the … Continue reading
