The extraordinary meeting of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR, convened to address the attempted coup d'état in the USSR staged by members of the State Committee on the State of Emergency (GKChP). From left: Moscow City Council deputies Vladimir Daineko, Alexander Tsopov, Lev Ivanov and Valery Ikishcheli, who went on an indefinite hunger strike until Vyacheslav Komissarov, the only legitimate head of the Moscow City Executive Committee's Main Department of Internal Affairs, actually takes office.
- Categories: Human Interest, Unrest, Conflicts & War, Politics
- Location: Moscow, Russia
- Event date: 21.08.1991
- Date published: 06.07.2022
- Author: Boris Babanov
- Credit: Sputnik
- Original: DP91-3242, 35 mm slide
- Media: JPEG, 5277x3543px, 10.1Mb