Wednesday 25 August 2010

Mildly interesting historical coincidence

Krushchev was on holiday at a Black Sea resort while Breshnev mounted his coup d'état in 1964.

Gorbachev was on holiday at a Black Sea resort when the hardliners mounted their coup d'état in 1991.

3 comments:

Furor Teutonicus said...

When is Medvedev going on holiday to the Crimea then?

Come on, Putin needs to KNOW!

DBC Reed said...

Another rule of thumb for unpopular leaders is :don't go on holiday;don't go abroad.Back in the capital they'll be plotting.The theory of having courts I believe was so the monarch could keep tabs on everybody.

James Higham said...

When the cat's away - actually, they were in different places. Big area, that.