FALL OF USSR: Part 3 - Athens vs. Sparta

Published: Feb. 13, 2023, midnight

Two institutions, the press and the military, may well determine the fate of the USSR on the night of August 19th, 1991. The Emergency Committee decides, it's time to explain themselves on TV. A reporter makes a fateful decision. So does another. A motley crowd is fashioned into an instant militia.\n\n\nMusic by Lee Rosevere (Music for Podcasts) and Theme Song by Chris Novembrino\nWe are part of Airwave Media Network - check out Ben Franklin's World, Tea Time History, Redacted History, the History of China, The Explorers Podcast, The Age of Napoleon www.airwavemedia.com\nWant to Advertise on My History Can Beat Up Your Politics? sales@advertisecast.com\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices