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Revision as of 20:58, 17 June 2024
Государственная Контрреволюционная Чрезвычайная Комиссия | |
 Dmitry Yazov directing a press conference with other members
of the CEC behind him in 1991 | |
| Abbreviation | CEC |
|---|---|
| Successor | Yanayev Administration |
| Formation | April 2, 1986 |
| Founder | Gennady Yanayev |
| Dissolved | June 14, 1994 |
| Type | Self-proclaimed provisional government |
| Legal status | Disbanded at the end of the Second Russian Civil War |
| Purpose | To prevent the total collapse of the Soviet Union, the prevention of Gorbachev's reforms and the removal of Gorbachev. |
| Headquarters | Kremlin |
Region | Soviet Union |
Membership (1994) | 21,000,000 |
Official language | Russian |
General Secretary | Gennady Yanayev |
The Counter-Revolutionary Emergency Commission (Russian: Контрреволюционная Чрезвычайная Комиссия), abbreviated as KChK or CEC, was a self-proclaimed political body in the Soviet Union