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Twenty-five years have now passed since the Soviet coup attempt.
These pictures were taken in Moscow during the three days that ‘shook the world’, from the 19th to the 21st of August 1991.
Despite many military tanks, troops and soldiers bursting into the Moscow’s streets, everyday life flowed apparently normal and orderly and the people of Moscow imperturbable continued to deal with their daily chores.
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