>gorby does reforms>old guard try to oust him>fail>ussr collapsesWhat exactly was the plan to move forward that the coup stopped?
>Old guardMost of them were Gorbachev appointees
>>17989274The defense minister Dmitry Yazov was weak willed bitch in comparison to General Jaruzelski in 1980.
>>17989274Gorby's plan was basically to unfuck the USSR step-by-step. He wanted to transition to a more social-democratic style system, keeping the union together but with way more freedom for the republics. Less bread lines, more market stuff, but not full Y*ltsin 'everyone gets a oligarch' shock therapy cringe. Union Treaty was about to sign, creating a much looser federation. So instead of a chaotic collapse and the 90s being an absolute mess, there'll be a managed transition and a new and much stronger USSR.
The Communist Party’s central authority would be effectively finished, though Gorbachev might still have been President of a symbolic Union.
