Yeltsin: Three Days in August

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Yeltsin: Three Days in August
Film poster
Written by	Oleg Antonov
Directed by	Aleksandr Mokhov^[1]
Starring	Dmitry Nazarov Alexander Sirin Vladimir Steklov Felix Antipov Vladimir Yumatov Svetlana Antonova
Music by	Alexander Pantykin
Country of origin	Russia
Original language	Russian
Production
Producers	Alexey Pivovarov Valentin Opalev
Cinematography	Alexander Demidov
Editor	Tatyana Ilyina
Running time	96 minutes
Original release
Release	16 September 2011 (2011-09-16)

Yeltsin: Three Days in August (Russian: Ельцин. Три дня в августе, romanized: Eltsin. Tri dnya v avguste) is a 2011 political drama directed by Alexander Mokhov of the 1991 Soviet coup attempt.

Plot

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The film is based on the August 1991 attempted coup d'état in the Soviet Union. Preparations are under way for the signing of the Union Treaty. It becomes a question of changing the ruling elite in the country. The conspirators are blocking Mikhail Gorbachev at his dacha in Foros, after which they announce the formation of the State Committee on the State of Emergency. Vice President Gennady Yanayev is announced as Acting President of the Soviet Union.

Boris Yeltsin goes to the parliament building (the Russian White House), where he heads the opposition. A tough confrontation between Boris Yeltsin and the State Emergency Committee and his supporters begins ...

Cast

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The cast were as follows:^[2]

Dmitry Nazarov as Boris Yeltsin
Alexander Sirin as Vladimir Kryuchkov
Vladimir Steklov as Pavel Grachev
Felix Antipov as Dmitry Yazov
Vladimir Yumatov as Mikhail Gorbachev
Svetlana Antonova as Tatyana Dyachenko
Sherkhan Abilov as Nursultan Nazarbayev
Yelena Valyushkina as Naina Yeltsina
Igor Staroselytsev as Alexander Rutskoy
Alexander Klyukvin as Valentin Pavlov
Pavel Danilov as Boris Pugo
Elena Lyamina as Elena Okulova
Alexander Shavrin as Gennady Yanayev
Valentina Sharykina as Emma Yazova

Criticism

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Тhree days and 20 years Archived 11 February 2017 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)

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v t e Boris Yeltsin
1st President of Russia (1991–1999)
Life and politics	Birthplace Moscow City Committee of the CPSU Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian SFSR 28th Congress of the CPSU 1989 visit to the United States Death and state funeral
Presidency	First inauguration Second inauguration Cabinet of Yeltsin–Gaidar State Committee on the State of Emergency 1991 Soviet coup attempt Dissolution of the Soviet Union Belovezha Accords Demographic crisis Yeltsin–Gaidar government reforms 1993 Russian constitutional crisis Constitutional referendum "Circling over Shannon" diplomatic incident Elizabeth II visit Privatization First Chechen War Monetary reform (1993) Monetary reform (1998) 1998 financial crisis (1998 miners' strike) List of trips Impeachment attempts
Elections	Electoral history 1991 presidential election campaign 1996 presidential election campaign (Vote or lose)) Loans for shares scheme Seven Bankers Soskovets campaign strategy Xerox affair
Commemoration	Boris Yeltsin Presidential Center Boris Yeltsin Presidential Library Ural Federal University named after the first President of Russia Boris Yeltsin Kyrgyz-Russian Slavic University named after Boris Yeltsin Tennis Academy named after the first President of Russia Boris Yeltsin Boris Yeltsin Peak Boris Yeltsin Street (Yekaterinburg) Monument (Yekaterinburg) Monument (Cholpon-Ata) Boris Yeltsin Volleyball Cup
Books	Confession on a Given Theme Notes of President Presidential Marathon Boris Yeltsin: From Dawn to Dusk
Films	Yeltsin: Three Days in August Three Days in August Tsar Boris President of All Russia B. N. Boris Yeltsin: Farewell to the Era Boris Yeltsin: Life and Fate Boris Yeltsin: The First Boris Yeltsin: Retreat Is Impossible
Family	Nikolay Yeltsin (father) Claudia Yeltsina (mother) Naina Yeltsina (wife) Tatyana Yumasheva (daughter) Elena Okulova (daughter)
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