Battlefield Experience of Bombing the White House

Author: Renard Muhamediev
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Publish Date: 2006-01-01
Features: Renard Muhamediev is a renowned contemporary Russian writer, who served as a member of the Presidium of the Russian Federation Supreme Soviet and the Chairman of the Committee on Culture. From the perspective of high-level leadership, he witnessed the entire process of the dissolution of the Soviet Union and personally experienced the shocking "October Event" and the "August Event." President Yeltsin mobilized the army to besiege and shell the Supreme Soviet headquarters in Moscow's White House, and he was captured along with Vice President Ryzhkov, who was trapped inside the White House. This book records the various behaviors of Gorbachev, Yeltsin, Ryzhkov, and Hasbulaev with the keen observation of a writer, disclosing many firsthand materials that are little known to the public. Through detailed and vivid descriptions, it guides readers to experience those turbulent years. In major historical events during turbulent times, the details perceived and depicted by a writer's sensitive heart often are more profound and real than what historians record. The author personally experienced the shocking "August Event" of 1991 and the "October Event" of 1993. As key symbolic events of the dissolution of the Soviet Union, both occurred at the Russian Supreme Soviet building in Moscow—the White House. This book is Renard Muhamediev's record and reflection of his firsthand experiences during this period. Renard Muhamediev is a renowned contemporary Russian writer, who served as a member of the Presidium of the Russian Federation Supreme Soviet and the Chairman of the Committee on Culture. From the perspective of high-level leadership, he witnessed the entire process of the dissolution of the Soviet Union and personally experienced the shocking "October Event" and the "August Event." President Yeltsin mobilized the army to besiege and shell the Supreme Soviet headquarters in Moscow's White House, and he was captured along with Vice President Ryzhkov, who was trapped inside the White House. This book records the various behaviors of Gorbachev, Yeltsin, Ryzhkov, and Hasbulaev with the keen observation of a writer, disclosing many firsthand materials that are little known to the public. Through detailed and vivid descriptions, it guides readers to experience those turbulent years.