The Mysterious End of the Soviet Union 0 Bob Dillon Europe4/20/12 1:23:04 amFriday, April 20, 2012 at 1:23 am PDT • Views: 955 nybooks.com August 1991 Coup Boris Yeltsin Huge Budget Deficit Gorbachev Minister Vladimir Putin Perestroika Soviet Union The Communist Party Vladimir Putin Eastern Europe