communist hardliners has seized power in the soviet union. but the people were not having any of it. defiance on the streets. and outside parliament. from russia s president boris yeltsin. the coup collapsed. four months later, so did the country. the soviet union was consigned to history. dmitry had helped build the barricades outside parliament. he and his wife tatiana still remember their elation when the coup failed. i still remember their elation when the coup failed. still remember their elation when the coup failed. i felt a great hope for a great the coup failed. i felt a great hope for a great new the coup failed. i felt a great hope for a great new russia, the coup failed. i felt a great hope | for a great new russia, democratic russia. where everyone has the right to influence all the things going on but now i feel that my hope failed.