Vanderbilt Television News Archive

Special News Broadcast recorded from ABC Evening News for Friday, Aug 21, 1992


Title: Nightline: The Failed Coup: One Year Later

Abstract:

A review of the failed coup attempt in the USSR one year ago with Ted Koppel (ABC), Major Viktor Leontiev, Soviet TV anchor Yuri Petrov, Russian language teacher Evgenya Krylova, retired KGB General Oleg Kalugin, Russia President Boris Yeltsin, coup leader Gennadi Yanayev, former USSR Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze, nurse Olga Selifanova, medical student Svetlana Pankrushina, victim's parents Alexander and Sophia Uzov, US Ambassador to Russia Robert Strauss, and unidentified others.

Begin Time:11:32:00 pm
End Time:12:01:00 am
TVN Record Number:647360
Copyright:Abstract and Metadata (c) 1992-2009 Vanderbilt University
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