Committee That Ousted Gorbachev

SOVIET COUP: ONE YEAR AFTER

Gennady Yanayev, former vice president

Gen. Dmitri Yazov, defense minister

Alexander Tizyakov, president of the Association of State Enterprises

Vladimir Kryuchkov, chairman of the KGB secret police

Vasily Starodubtsev, chairman of the Farmer's Union

Oleg Baklanov, first deputy chairman of the Defense Council

Valentin Pavlov, prime minister

Boris Pugo, interior minister (committed suicide)