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Anatoly Lukyanov

Soviet political leader

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Gorbachev era

  • Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, 1922–91
    In Soviet Union: Political restructuring

    …group under the chairmanship of Anatoly Lukyanov. The latter proposed a two-stage approach to the election of a Supreme Soviet. Legal authority was to be vested in local soviets, but the relationship between the party and the soviets was left vague. Burlatsky proposed direct elections of the Supreme Soviet, president,…

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Soviet coup of 1991

  • Boris Yeltsin and the collapse of the Soviet Union
    In collapse of the Soviet Union: The coup against Gorbachev

    …on the union treaty by Anatoly Lukyanov, chairman of the U.S.S.R. Supreme Soviet, was distributed by TASS early on August 19. The U.S.S.R. Cabinet of Ministers met later that morning, and most of the ministers supported the coup. All but nine newspapers were banned.

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  • Boris Yeltsin and the collapse of the Soviet Union
    In collapse of the Soviet Union: Aftermath of the coup

    Lukyanov, a friend of Gorbachev’s since their days as law students at Moscow State University, was identified by Ivan Silayev, the premier of the Russian Republic, as the “chief ideologist of the junta.” Lukyanov denied complicity but resigned on August 26 and was soon arrested.

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