Footage
Interview of Vladislav Listiev in the White House during the putsch. (1991)

Vitaly Urazhtsev gives an interview to Vladislav Listiev after his release from arrest in the days of the August putsch.

Abduction on the street and the subsequent meeting with the chief of the military-political management Vladimir Polevik and the vice-president of the USSR Gennady Yanayev.

Discussion of the arrest of Telman Gdlyan.

People pass along the corridor, greet VG Urazhtsev.

VG Urazhtsev on the trip to explore the city.

The reaction of the population to the coup, the general mood of citizens.

Political views of the military.

The forecast of further events until the end of the coup.

Undercode timecode.

VN Listiev broadcasts news from the radio house of the White House.

At the microphone Nikita Mikhalkov and Alexander Lyubimov; Viktor Yaroshenko and Alexander Politkovskiy take part in the broadcast.

VNListiev interviews N.Mikhalkov at the exit from the radio room: the director comments on his appeal to the citizens of Russia, talks about democracy and national identity.

Interview with Grigory Yavlinsky about the economic aspects of the new Russia.

Undercode timecode.

Continuation of the interview: GA Yavlinsky read out a critical statement addressed to members of the State Emergency Committee and their program "Salvation of the Fatherland".

Preliminary forecast of the development of events.

Undercode timecode.

People in the lobby, boxes with military uniform and gas masks.

Personnel

Urazhtsev V.G. - lieutenant-colonel of the reserve, publicist, socio-political figure, chairman of the Russian Union of Social and Legal Protection of Servicemen, military liable and members of their families "Shield".
Listiev V.N. - TV presenter, journalist, first general director of ORT, entrepreneur.
Lyubimov AM - TV journalist, producer, TV presenter, vice-president of the Academy of Russian Television.
Michalkov N.S. - actor, director, screenwriter, producer, People's Artist of the RSFSR, Honored Artist of the RSFSR, Chairman of the Union of Russian Cinematographers.
Politkovsky A.V. - journalist, political observer, TV host, producer.
Yaroshenko V.N. - Russian state and public figure, Russian trade representative in France (1992-2001).
Yavlinsky G.A. - politician, doctor of economic sciences, writer and publicist.

Calendar

08.1991