Boris Yeltsin Quote

Your commanders have ordered you to storm the White House and to arrest me. But I as the elected President of Russia give you the order to turn your tanks and not to fight against your own people.

Appeal to the military to not participate in the coup attempt, while standing on a tank during troop movements against the Russian White House. (19 August 1991)

Your commanders have ordered you to storm the White House and to arrest me. But I as the elected President of Russia give you the order to turn your...

Your commanders have ordered you to storm the White House and to arrest me. But I as the elected President of Russia give you the order to turn your...

Your commanders have ordered you to storm the White House and to arrest me. But I as the elected President of Russia give you the order to turn your...

Your commanders have ordered you to storm the White House and to arrest me. But I as the elected President of Russia give you the order to turn your...