On this day, 34 years ago, August 19, 1991 (July 10, 1991 in the lunar calendar), the Soviet Union's "August 19" incident. During the August 19 incident, Russian President Yeltsin held a press conference at the Russian government building, read out the "Letter to Russian Citizens", declared the Emergency Committee "illegal", demanded the immediate convening of the Extraordinary People's Congress of the Soviet Union, and called on "Russian citizens to respond to the rebels." On August 19, 1991, Soviet Vice President Yanayev issued an order announcing that Gorbachev could no longer perform his duties as president due to health reasons. From now on, he will act as president himself. At the same time, it announced the establishment of a National Emergency Committee to exercise all state powers and implement a six-month state of emergency in some areas of the Soviet Union. The National Emergency Committee consists of Yanayev, Prime Minister Pavlov, and First Vice Chairman of the National Defense Council Bakranov, Defense Minister Yazov, Interior Minister Pugo, and National Security Council Chairman Kriuchkov. The committee issued a "Letter to the People of the Soviet Union", stating that the reform policy advocated by Gorbachev had reached a dead end and the country was at a critical moment of extreme danger. The committee issued two consecutive orders requiring all levels of political power and administrative agencies to unconditionally implement a state of emergency, and temporarily only nine newspapers including Pravda were allowed to publish it. On the same day, the Soviet cabinet held a meeting to express support for the decision made by the Emergency Committee. The Russian Federation President Yeltsin refused to obey the emergency committee's orders and called a political strike to protest against the actions launched by Yanayev and others. On the 20th, Moscow imposed a curfew. On the 21st, Gorbachev announced that he had complete control of the situation and restored the once-interrupted contact with the whole country. The Soviet Ministry of Defense decided to withdraw troops deployed in areas where the state of emergency was imposed. The Soviet cabinet issued a statement stating that it would fully implement the president's instructions. On the 22nd, Gorbachev returned to Moscow from Crimea and immediately revoked all decisions issued by the National Emergency Committee or individual members; dismissed all members of the Committee from their current positions; and appointed new ministers of defense, interior affairs and chairman of the National Security Council. After this incident, the situation in the Soviet Union became more complicated. The Russian Federation and others took the opportunity to take over a series of political, economic, and even military departments and powers that originally belonged to the Central Committee from the Alliance Central Committee. A wave of anti-communism emerged in some parts of the Soviet Union. On August 24, Gorbachev announced his resignation as General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, suggested that the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union dissolve itself, and ordered the cessation of the activities of political parties and political movements in military and state agencies at all levels such as the army and the Ministry of Internal Affairs. He also issued an order to form a committee headed by Silaev to govern the national economy. At Yeltsin's call, the troops supporting the National Emergency Council quickly turned around and fought back. On August 21, 1991, Gorbachev returned to Moscow from his villa in Crimea. However, the balance of power within the country was broken. Within a few days, the former republics declared independence one after another and the Communist Party was forced to disband