And as for us, those thousands out on the streets of #Moscow following the #Soviet #GKChP coup 32 years ago #OTD , we gathered at #Lubyanka square at night, in front of the #KGB hq and took down the statue of ChK founder known as Iron #Felix ( #Dzherzhinsky ) - there are serious attempts in #Putin 's #Russia to reinstate it back there (cont.)

Momentous events happened 32 years ago #OTD in the aftermath of the 1991 #Soviet #GKChP coup: two days after #Gorbachev 's return from his house arrest in #Foros in #Crimea , he resigned as the general secretary of the #Communist party, the #CPSU

In #Kyiv (back then Kiev) the Rada of #Ukraine adopted the #Independence Act and called for a referendum in support of it - the country is marking its main state holiday today

The next morning, 32 years ago OTD, the news of the three deaths has stunned #Moscow and galvanised people into action - crowds came to the White House, pushing for the victory of #democracy over old #Soviet reflexes. The #coup leaders backtracked. The #GKChP coup was over by the evening and the implosion of the #USSR was inevitable, with #Estonia's restitution of its independence (probably a day earlier tbh) and #Latvia declaring its sovereignty (to be continued).