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| 1689 | Ivan V |  |
| Becomes a figurehead after the overthrow of his wife Sophia |
| 1762 | Catherine II the Great | |
| 4 days afterwar a coup Catherine's husband Peter III dies in a scuffle |
| Catherine's lover Gregori Orlov stages a coup |
| 17th July Rospha Death of Peter III, at the hands of Alexei Orlov (younger brother to Gregory Orlov, then court favorite and a participant in the coup) |
| 1762 | Dashkova, Yekaterina | |
| Helps put Catherine II the Great on the throne |
| 1762 | Orlov | |
| A paramour of Catherine II |
| Leader in plot to dethrone & assassinate Peter III & place Catherine II on the throne |
| 1762 | Orlov, Alexei | |
| 17th July Rospha Death of Peter III, at the hands of Alexei Orlov (younger brother to Gregory Orlov, then court favorite and a participant in the coup) |
| 1762 | Peter III | |
| 17th July Rospha Death of Peter III, at the hands of Alexei Orlov (younger brother to Gregory Orlov, then court favorite and a participant in the coup) |
| 1762 | Potemkin | |
| Takes part in a plot against Peter III |
| 1905 | Bazarov, Vladimir Aleksandrovich | |
| St Petersburg Supports the Bolsheviks |
| 1905 | Martov, Yuly Osipovich | |
| Agrees with Plekhav that the RSDP should not sieze power as the revolution is bourgois |
| 1917 | Chernov, Viktor Mikhaylovich | |
| 25th Oct The Kornilov putsch, an attempt by General Kornilov to establish a right wing dictatorship is a disastrous flop, Chernov leader of the Socialist Revolutionaries resigns from the government denouncing Kerensky for complicity |
| 1917 | Kamenev, Lev Borisovich | |
| 11th Oct Circulates a letter to Bolshevik organizations arguing against "armed insurrection" |
| 1917 | Kerensky, Alexander Fedorovich | |
| Petrograd Fulfils Lenin's prediction that there will be a right wing coup |
| Petrograd Kornilov attempts a coup in Petrograd |
| Petrograd Overthrown by Bolshevik Revolution |
| 25th Oct Petrograd Escapes from the Winter Palace dressed up as a female nurse |
| 25th Oct The Kornilov putsch, an attempt by General Kornilov to establish a right wing dictatorship is a disastrous flop, Chernov leader of the Socialist Revolutionaries resigns from the government denouncing Kerensky for complicity |
| 1917 | Kornilov, Lavr Georgevich | |
| 25th Oct The Kornilov putsch, an attempt by General Kornilov to establish a right wing dictatorship is a disastrous flop, Chernov leader of the Socialist Revolutionaries resigns from the government denouncing Kerensky for complicity |
| 1917 | Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov | |
| 10th June The Bolsheviks hold back from a coup |
| 12th Sep Writes to the Central Committee saying that the time is ripe for the seizure of power |
| 14th Sep Revives the slogan "all power to the Soviets" |
| 15th Sep Does not receive a reply from the Central Comm & threatens to resign |
| 15th Sep Writes to the Central Committee a for a 2nd time urging it to seize power |
| 29th Sep The Bolshevik Central Committee votes in favor of an armed seizure of power |
| 29th Sep Writes to the Central Comm for a 3rd time saying the time is ripe for seizure of power |
| 10th Oct The Central Committee votes 10 to 2 for armed insurrection |
| 25th Oct Declares the Provisional Government deposed |
| 25th Oct The 2nd all-Russian Congress of Soviets proclaims transfer of power to the Soviets |
| 8th Nov Moscow Overthrows the Kerensky Government |
| 1917 | Zinoviev, Grigory Yevseyevich | |
| Favours broad socialist coalition Government after the October Revolution |
| Oct Opposes the Bolshevik armed uprising |
| 1948 | Stalin, Joseph | |
| 21st Feb Prague The Czechoslovak Communist Party is ordered to take power in Prague |
| 1991 | Akhromeev, Sergei Fedorovich | |
| 19th Aug One of the ring leaders who plots against Gorbachev |
| 1991 | Barannikov, Viktor Pavlovich | |
| Aug Moscow An ally of Boris Yeltsin, supports an independent Russia from the Soviet Union |
| Aug Moscow Arrests members of the Emergency Committee |
| Aug Moscow Organizes the defence of the White House & ensures the arrival of the MVD units |
| 1991 | Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeyevich | |
| June The Albanian government is overthrown |
| Aug Moscow Hundreds of thousands demonstrate in Moscow against the coup d'etat |
| 18th Aug Feros Imprisoned at his holiday villa, dacha, in the Crimea by hardline communists |
| 19th Aug Moscow A coup takes place while Gorbachev is establishing a federal Union of Sovereign States |
| 20th Aug Moscow Russian troops defect to Yeltsin & the coup collapses |
| 21st Aug Black Sea Gorbachev is held under guard in a Dacha by the Black Sea |
| 21st Aug Moscow Reform is given a poweeful boost as the Communist Party is weakened |
| 21st Aug Moscow Restored as President & the coup is defeated |
| 21st Aug Moscow The communist conspirators flee Moscow |
| 23rd Aug Moscow Gorbachev resumes presidency in Moscow |
| 1991 | Kryuchkov, Vladimir | |
| 18th Aug Crimea Gorbachev is detained in his summer residence on the orders of Kryuchkov |
| 19th Aug Moscow Declares as state of emergency |
| 19th Aug Moscow Forms an 8 man Emergency Committee & declares Gorbachev deposed |
| 19th Aug Moscow Gennady Yanayev is declared Gorbachev's replacement as President |
| 1991 | Lukyanov, Anatoly Ivanovich | |
| 19th Aug Moscow Forms an 8 man Emergency Committee & declares Gorbachev deposed & a state of emergency |
| 1991 | Pugo, Boris | |
| Aug Moscow Death of Boris Pugo, commits suicide during the attempted coud d'etat |
| 1991 | Pugo, Boris Karlovich | |
| 19th Aug Moscow Forms an 8 man Emergency Committee & declares Gorbachev deposed & a state of emergency |
| 1991 | Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich | |
| 20th Aug Leningrad Putin resigns from the state security services during the KGB-supported abortive putsch against Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev |
| 1991 | Yanaev, Gennady Ivanovich | |
| 19th Aug Moscow Declares a state of emergency |
| 19th Aug Moscow Declares Gorbachev deposed |
| 19th Aug Moscow Forms an 8 man Emergency Committee |
| 19th Aug Moscow Gennady Yanayev is declared Gorbachev's replacement as President |
| 21st Aug Moscow The coup fails & Yanaev is arrested but later amnestied by the Russian Duma |
| 1991 | Yeltsin, Boris Nikolayevich | |
| 18th Aug Crimea Gorbachev is detained in his summer residence on the orders of Kryuchkov |
| 18th Aug Yeltsin's crowning achievement comes on this day as he stands defiantly atop an armored personnel carrier and challenges a hard-liner coup against Soviet President Gorbachev, he's hailed as a defender of democracy |
| 19th Aug Moscow A putsch began in Moscow, Soviet hard-liners, Janajev and the KGB, remove Gorbachev from power, in defiance Yeltsin calls for a general strike |
| 19th Aug Moscow Yeltsin announces he is taking control of Russia |
| 19th Aug Moscow Yeltsin condemns the coup & calls for resistance & causes it to fail |
| 20th Aug Moscow Russian troops defect to Yeltsin & the coup collapses |
| 21st Aug Moscow The coup fails in part when General Alexander Lebed refused to move troops to surround Yeltsin's Moscow stronghold |
| 21st Aug Moscow The hard-line coup against Soviet President Gorbachev collapses in the face of a popular uprising led by Russian Federation President Yeltsin |
| 21st Aug Brussels Yeltsin assures the Foreign Ministers of NATO, who are convened in Brussels , that the coup attempt is failing |
| 21st Aug Moscow Yeltsin bans the Communist Party, the coup collapses |
| 23rd Aug Moscow Gorbachev and Yeltsin act to strip the Communist Party of its power and take control of the army and the KGB |
| 1993 | Yeltsin, Boris Nikolayevich | |
| Oct Tanks surround the parliament building once again, this time under Yeltsin's illegal orders, to force lawmakers to disband. More than 140 people die in the street fighting that ensues |
