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The attack in Lithuania and the absence of monetary advance harmed Gorbachev's prominence. Individuals looked for administration to Boris Yeltsin. At the point when hardliners confined Gorbachev at his summer home on the Black Sea and requested his acquiescence as Soviet president.Later, many tanks and shielded vehicles moved into Moscow Soviet individuals
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