Yeltsin: Three Days in August

Name: Yeltsin: Three Days in August
Director: Aleksandr Mokhov
Genre: Drama, History
Released: 2011-09-16
Duration: 1 h 36 min
Rating: 7
Cast: Dmitri Nazarov, Aleksandr Sirin, Vladimir Steklov, Alexander Tereshko, Elena Valyushkina

2011

1h 36m

Drama History

Director: Aleksandr Mokhov

Writer: Oleg Antonov

Overview

The movie is based on real events. 1991 Boris Yeltsin, while at his dacha, learns that Gorbachev is blockaded in Foros ... According to the Soviet leadership, the State Committee for the State of Emergency in the USSR (GKChP of the USSR) is being formed, and Yanaev is declared acting. President of the USSR. Many advise to flee the country, but Yeltsin makes a decision - he goes to Moscow to the White House to lead the opposition...