Moscow, December 25, 1991

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13 Chernyaev, My Six Years with Gorbachev, 245.

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1 Grachev, Final Days, 186.

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2 Ibid.

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3 Beschloss and Talbott, At the Highest Levels, 452.

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4 Chernyaev, 1991, diary entry for December 27, 1991.

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5 Ibid., diary entry for December 27, 1991.

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6 Ibid. diary entry for December 18, 1991.

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7 Boldin, Ten Years That Shook the World, 283.

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8 Chernyaev, My Six Years with Gorbachev, 4.

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9 Sovetskaya Belorussiya, January 11, 2003.

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10 Gorbachev, Dekabr-91, 96.

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11 Chernyaev, 1991, diary entry for December 1, 1991.

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12 Ibid., diary entry for December 27, 1991.

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13 Interview with Grachev, autumn 2009.

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14 Interview with Koppel, September 2009.

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15 Interview with Kaplan, November 2009.

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