What if the 1991 coup attempt had succeeded in Russia?

Question by Seawitch: What if the 1991 Soviet coup d’état attempt had succeeded?
What if the 1991 Soviet coup d’état attempt had succeeded in spite of popular protest and non-compliance?
If the army had thrown in it’s support the outcome would have been very different surely, I can’t help wondering what sort of effect this would have had on Russia…a Stalinist tyranny reconquering the lost east Europe satellites with a new cold war, or a return to Brezhnev style stagnation they seemed to enjoy?
Your thoughts!…..

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Answer by ✡Levi✡
That would of been terrible the USA and Russia would’ve probably gone to a full scale war by then.

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