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In OTL, Nikolai Ryzhkov and Yegor Ligachev disagreed over whether or not Boris Yeltsin should be promoted. Gorbachev ultimately listened to Ligachev and appointed Yeltsin to take over from Viktor Grishin as the Moscow party chief. What if Gorbachev listens to Ryzhkov and leaves Grishin in the job?

I assume that nothing really changes until the Soviet presidential elections of June, 1991. I think it’s fair to assume that Nikolai Ryzhkov wins the elections. What would happen then?
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