Krushchev was on holiday at a Black Sea resort while Breshnev mounted his coup d'état in 1964.
Gorbachev was on holiday at a Black Sea resort when the hardliners mounted their coup d'état in 1991.
Wednesday, 25 August 2010
Mildly interesting historical coincidence
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3 comments:
When is Medvedev going on holiday to the Crimea then?
Come on, Putin needs to KNOW!
Another rule of thumb for unpopular leaders is :don't go on holiday;don't go abroad.Back in the capital they'll be plotting.The theory of having courts I believe was so the monarch could keep tabs on everybody.
When the cat's away - actually, they were in different places. Big area, that.
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