On the afternoon of the day that Yazov gave the military order, the armored units arriving from Ryazan, Tula and other places entered the city of Moscow in a mighty manner, and when the Moscow citizens who had just left work saw this scene, they were all surprised.
And as soon as Seryosha, who jumped from a height of 10,000 meters in Ukraine, landed, he made contact with Sobchak in Leningrad.
Due to the communication jamming of the Soviet Ministry of Defense, the satellite phone used by Seryosha was very noisy.
But Iridium is the U.S.
Department of Defense's satellite communications provider.
So even in this situation, Seryosha conveyed to Sobchak the news that he was still alive Seryosha heard from Sobchak from Moscow TV, and he quickly understood that the coup had really happened Seryosha pondered for a moment and immediately said like Sobchak: "Mr.
Sobchak, this is a moment of great urgency, and I need you to immediately make a statement, first, to explain to the domestic and foreign media that this is an illegal coup d'état, secondly, that from now on the Leningrad Special Economic Zone will be out of the control of the government represented by Yanayev, and thirdly, I will temporarily take over everything in the USSR, Acting President's powers" "Seryosha, legally you are not the presidential successor of the USSR, it is not legal for you to do this," Sobchak said worriedly.
"Don't worry, Professor Sobchak, I'm sure these people won't be hanging around for long," Seryosha hung up after speaking.
In the center of Moscow, in the building of the USSR Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation, a large group of KGB troops from Dzerzhinsky Square occupied it.
They rushed in through the gate in a rage, and as soon as they entered, they took control of everyone.
When have the people of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation seen such a battle?
In addition to Kryuchkov's personal and subordinate seizures of all the documents and archives here, Pugo's Ministry of Internal Affairs is now seizing the USSR Foreign Trade Bank and the Mediterranean Trading Company, which are large multinational companies under the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation The coup d'état carried out by the KGB, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Ministry of Defense, and the Soviet government seemed to be menacing, but because of the small range of participants, 10 hours after the coup, Yanayev and Yazov did not even complete control of Moscow.
At this moment, in the village of Gork, where the top leaders of the CPSU lived, Yeltsin was anxiously walking around the house.
At one point, he tried to contact Seryosha, but soon received news from Sobchak.
Seryosha did not return to Moscow.
He has just left the Ukrainian city of Dnepropetrovsk and is on a flight to the only safe Leningrad Special Economic Zone.
In the end, if the putschists want to legitimize their actions, they must win not only the support of the international community, but also the mandate of the Supreme Soviet.
And Seryosha's faction was the most powerful within the CPSU and in the Supreme Soviet.
The economic power of the USSR was all in Seryosha's hands.
Although Seryosha was only the Soviet Union's Minister of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation, his power was actually much greater than that of the current Prime Minister Pavlov.
Seryosha did not go further only because of his age, but in the party, Seryosha entered the core Politburo.
You know, even Yanayev is only a member of the Politburo.
Seryosha was on the plane and quickly got a list of the core members of the coup operation.
They were the Vice President of the Soviet Union, Yanayev.
This person is a trade union cadre, all the forces are in the trade union system, although this coup seems to be the biggest beneficiary, but Seryosha knows that the core of this coup is Yazov, Kryuchkov, Pugo.
The Ministry of Defense, the KGB, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which they led, were the main forces that carried out this coup.
And the rest of the people have not yet made any difference.
Baklanov was the deputy chairman of the State Defense Committee, Starodubtsev was in charge of the Peasants' Union, and Tidjakov represented the Business Union.
The two alliances were almost useless under Seryosha's policy of playing a game of chess with the national economy.
When Seryosha's plane landed at the Leningrad airport.
At this moment, as soon as he stepped out of the cabin, he was surrounded by a large group of domestic and foreign media.
"Mr.
Minister, how do you feel about the announcement by the Emergency Committee of the charges of corruption and treason" "Mr.
Minister, do you have any plans to flee abroad?"
"Mr.
Minister, what do you think of the Emergency Committee" "Do you fear that your life is at risk?"
In the face of all kinds of speculation from reporters, Seryosha made a statement at the airport at that time.
First, the actions of the Emergency Committee are illegal, and in view of the fact that Vice President Yanayev himself has betrayed the Motherland, and other colleagues in the Politburo have lost their personal freedom, I myself will now temporarily assume the duties of General Secretary of the CPSU and President of the USSR in place of General Secretary Gorbachev.
Secondly, I call on all comrades of conscience in the whole Soviet Union to stand up bravely, defend our Motherland, and wage a resolute struggle against traitors in the form of a general national political strike.
Thirdly, I call on all the commanders and fighters of the Soviet Red Army, the officers and men of the KGB units, and the policemen of the USSR Ministry of Internal Affairs, who have been blinded by the traitors, to immediately stop everything they are doing, to stand by and not to continue to receive any orders from the Emergency Committee.
Seryosha's speech at the airport was quickly broadcast on local Leningrad television.
Subsequently, starting with the Leningrad region, most of the media reported Seryosha's statement.
Many people did not know until this time that there were two governments in the Soviet Union overnight, with the Emergency Turntable Committee in the east controlling Moscow and the reformists led by Ulyanov in the west controlling Leningrad.
For most officials, the coup was a difficult choice.
But for ordinary people, their choice is not difficult.
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On the road from the airport to the Leningrad city government, thousands of ordinary people slowly gathered.
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Journalists quickly noticed the scene.
When a reporter went to ask why.
Some told reporters.
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