An extraordinary session of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR, convened in connection with an attempted coup in the USSR by members of the State Emergency Committee. Colonel General Konstantin Kobets, appointed to the post of Minister of Defense of the RSFSR, temporarily established on August 20, 1991 until the activities of the constitutional bodies of state power and administration of the USSR were fully restored, during a speech.
- Categories: Unrest, Conflicts & War, Politics, Human Interest
- Location: Moscow, Russia
- Event date: 21.08.1991
- Date published: 15.01.2024
- Author: Yuryi Abramochkin
- Credit: Sputnik
- Original: 91-5839, 35 mm film
- Media: JPEG, 5561x3667px, 12.7Mb