The previous day, Aug. 19, the coup leaders consisting of top ... Ilyin was critical of Gorbachev, who died in Moscow last August at the age of 91 after a prolonged illness, and radical reformist ...

MOSCOW--Mikhail Gorbachev, who set out to revitalize ... His power hopelessly sapped by an attempted coup against him in August 1991, he spent his last months in office watching republic after ...

play Gorbachev and the 'Iron Lady' Gorbachev struck up a frank and fierce relationship with British PM, Margaret Thatcher. In 1984 Gorbachev travelled to Britain as part of a trade delegation.

Gorbachev resigned after a failed coup in December 1991 that sought his ouster. He had bested the plotters but the economic uncertainty and the devolution of power created a sense of chaos and ...