Organization
State Committee on the State of Emergency.
Government organization in USSR in 1991
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About State Committee on the State of Emergency
The State Committee on the State of Emergency, abbreviated as GKChP or SCSE, was a self-proclaimed political body in the Soviet Union that existed from 19 to 21 August 1991. It included a group of eight high-level Soviet officials within the Soviet government, the Communist Party, and the KGB, who attempted a coup d'état against Mikhail Gorbachev on 19 August 1991. The coup ultimately failed, with the provisional government collapsing by 22 August 1991 and several of the conspirators being prosecuted by the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation.
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- Soviet Union
- Headquarters
- Moscow
- Inception
- August 18, 1991