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Vladimir Aleksandrovich Kryuchkov (Russian: Влади́мир Алекса́ндрович Крючко́в; 29 February 1924 – 23 November 2007) was a Soviet lawyer, diplomat, and head of the KGB, member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the CPSU.
Nov 25, 2007 · Vladimir Kryuchkov, the former KGB chief who spearheaded a failed coup against Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, has died at 83, Russia's foreign intelligence service said Sunday.
Vladimir A. Kryuchkov. Soviet politician. Learn about this topic in these articles: Soviet coup of 1991. In KGB: Creation and role of the KGB. …KGB officers, including KGB chairman Vladimir Kryuchkov, played key roles in an abortive coup designed to return the Soviet system to ideological and bureaucratic purity.
Nov 26, 2007 · MOSCOW, Nov. 25 — Vladimir A. Kryuchkov, who as the K.G.B. chief denounced perestroika as a menace to the Soviet Union and then took matters into his own hands by helping to spearhead a coup...
Learn about the life and career of Vladimir Kryuchkov, the last chairman of the KGB under Gorbachev and a leader of the 1991 coup. Find out his background, achievements, and controversies in this concise overview.
Nov 27, 2007 · Vladimir Kryuchkov, the former head of the KGB who has died at the age of 83, was the moving force behind the abortive coup of August 1991, designed to oust President Mikhail Gorbachev and...
A biography of the former KGB chief who led a failed coup against Gorbachev in 1991. Learn about his career, his views on reforms, and his memoirs.
