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| | DiscoveringRussia - History: Post-Communism |
 | | Yanayev stated, "we must take control since we are threatened by disintegration. |
 | | Yeltsin phoned Yanayev and warned him that "we don't accept your gang of bandits." At this point, Yeltsin went outside and climbed atop a tank in front of 20,000 protesters, asking for mass resistance. |
 | | All eight members of the State Emergency Committee were arrested: Gennady Yanayev, vice president; Vladimir Kryuchkov, head of the KGB; Dimitri Yazov, defense minister; Valentin Pavlov, prime minister; Oleg Baklanov, of the Soviet Defense Council; Vasily Starodubtsev, member of the Soviet Parliament; and Alexander Tizyakov, president of state enterprises, industrial construction, transport, and communications. |
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