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August 20, 2011

Does the Former Soviet Union Exist?

Whitmore & Coalson, Radio Free Europe

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It has been 20 years since the failed coup that precipitated the breakup of the Soviet Union, 20 years since 15 new independent countries appeared on the global stage

But for citizens of these adolescent states, the meaning of the dramatic events of August 19-21, 1991, depends upon where one sits

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TAGGED: Russia, Soviet Union, Central Asia

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