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According to the latest poll conducted by the independent public opinion research center Levada, 30 percent of all Russians over 18 years of age believe that the outcome of the August 1991 coup was a tragic event with perilous results for the country and its people.
Thirty-five percent answered that they saw the 1991 events as a common episode of power struggle among the people who ruled the country. Twenty-seven percent said they had no particular opinion about the events, and only 8 percent of respondents said that what took place in August 1991 was a democratic revolution that put an end to the totalitarian rule of the Communist Party.
When researchers asked Russians what they would do if somehow they witnessed the 1991 coup but possessed the knowledge about recent Russian history and the current situation, 16 percent said they would side with Yeltsin's supporters and defend democracy, 44 percent ruled out personal participation in anti-coup movement and 41 percent said they did not know the answer to the question.
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