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Who was who in the 1991 coup
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Boris Pugo (1937 –1991)
Pugo worked in various Komsomol, Communist Party and Soviet government positions in the Latvian Soviet republic. He also served in the Latvian KGB. Pugo was appointed First Secretary of Latvian Communist party in 1984-88 and the Soviet Interior Minister between 1990 and 1991. He shot his wife and himself as soon as he realized that the coup had failed.
Pugo worked in various Komsomol, Communist Party and Soviet government positions in the Latvian Soviet republic. He also served in the Latvian KGB. Pugo was appointed First Secretary of Latvian Communist party in 1984-88 and the Soviet Interior Minister between 1990 and 1991. He shot his wife and himself as soon as he realized that the coup had failed.
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