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Boris Yeltsin
He openly supported Gorbachev
It's usually called a "coup d'etat", or simply "a coup".
a coup can be violent or non-violent
Napoleon's coup in 1799.
Jamaat al Muslimeen coup attempt happened in 1990.
He organized opposition to the coup - Apex
On April 22, 1990, Gideon Orka attempted an unsuccessful coup to remove the government of Ibrahim Babangida. The coup attempt has been describe as one of the bloodies coup in Nigeria.
He told the Russian people that the coup was bad, advised all the people of Moscow against the coup, and openly supported Gorbachev.
Boris Yeltsin
Russian coup attempt. Moscow
He openly supported Gorbachev
Boris Yeltsin responded to the August 1991 communist coup attempt by rallying public support against the hardline coup leaders. He famously climbed atop a tank outside the Russian White House, urging citizens to defend democracy and resist the coup. His decisive leadership and call for resistance were instrumental in mobilizing opposition, ultimately leading to the coup's failure and solidifying his position as a key figure in the transition away from communist rule in Russia.
Napoleon was part of a coup against the French Directory and became the First Consul of the Executive Government of the First French Republic. He had been brought into the coup attempt to provide the military muscle.
On August 16, 1991, Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev was placed under house arrest during a coup attempt by high-ranking officials opposed to his reform policies. The coup ultimately failed, resulting in the collapse of the coup plotters' leadership and contributing to the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
The coup was meant to overthrow the government. The overthrow attempt did not work.
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