In 1991 Communist hardliners staged a coup. Who led the popular opposition to it?
ABoris Yeltsin
BMikhail Gorbachev
CVladimir Putin
DJoseph Stalin
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Boris Yeltsin
1. The coup was in August 1991.
2. Boris Yeltsin emerged as a hero opposing it.
3. Power shifted from the centre to the republics.
_Source: NCERT Class 12 Political Science, Contemporary World Politics, Chapter 2, The End of Bipolarity._
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