Yeltsin: Three Days in August

Yeltsin: Three Days in August

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Status

Released

Release Date

Sep 16, 2011

Runtime

1h 36m

Genres

Drama, History

User Score

70%

Original Title

Ельцин. Три дня в августе

Production Companies

Мостелефильм, NTV-Kino

Director

Aleksandr Mokhov

Description

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...