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In August of 1991 a group of hardline Communist attempted to overthrow Mikhail Gorbachev, and prevent the break up of the Soviet Union. It failed. But what would have happened if it had succeeded?

Could they have kept the Soviet Union intact?

Would they have attempted to prevent the break up of the Warsaw Pact?

How would this have effected the U.S. Presidential Election in 1992?
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