Could the Soviet Union survive 1991? To the 30th anniversary of the couch of the GKChP
In August 1991, the Soviet Union befell the fate of the Russian Empire, which, in the words of the philosopher Vasily Rozanov, "mucked in three days." Mikhail Gorbachev, the first and last president of the USSR, captivated by the GKChP members in Foros, left the political scene after the failure of the putsch, and 15 independent states appeared on the map of the world instead of one country. Was the collapse of the Union inevitable?