DescriptionRussian President Boris Yeltsin addressing crowds outside of the parliament building in Moscow during an act of public defiance that effectively dismantled the authority of communist hardliners after a failed pro-communist coup, and accelerated the formal dissolution of the USSR four months later.
DescriptionA large crowd gathered for the Pinksterdriemarkt - a traditional public market held during the Christian spring holiday of Pentecost - at Rotterdam’s Beursplein square, an open plaza that has since been entirely replaced by a sunken, underground shopping street.
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