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Through 1990 and 1991 Gorbachev searched for a solution as his approval rates went into the tank.
1990年和1991年間，戈爾巴喬夫的支持率下降，他也在尋求解決方案
Gorbachev finally invented a so called "Union Treaty," which would somehow hold the USSR together in some way agreeable to everyone involved.
他最終發明了所謂的“新聯盟條約”，可以以某種方式將整個蘇聯聯合在一起，符合各方的心意
While Gorbachev was on vacation in August 1991,
1991年8月，戈爾巴喬夫休假的時候
a group of old-school military and KGB leaders staged a coup de tat in Moscow, a revolution if you will.
一群老派軍人和克格勃首領在莫斯科上演了一出政變，或者也可以稱為革命
While Gorbachev waited under house arrest, Boris Yeltsin, now President of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic,
戈爾巴喬夫被軟禁起來，時任蘇俄最高蘇維埃主席的鮑里斯·葉利欽
stood on a tank outside the Soviet White House and rallied the common people of Moscow to his side.
站在蘇維埃白宮外的一架坦克上召集莫斯科的百姓站到自己的陣線上
The coup was unorganized and unsupported by either the military or the people, it collapsed after three days.
這場政變未經組織，也沒有得到軍隊或是民眾的支持，因此三天后就告吹了
Gorbachev was freed from arrest and he returned to Moscow, but his fifteen minutes so to speak were up.
戈爾巴喬夫獲得釋放，回到了莫斯科，但是屬于他的舞臺時間可以說已經結束
He was still the official head of the Soviet state,
他仍然是蘇維埃政府的官方首領
but Yeltsin who was the president of Russia enjoyed much more popular support and, therefore, much more clout.
但是俄羅斯總統葉利欽得到了更多的支持，有更強的影響力
Power was gravitating towards the individual republics, and away from the Soviet Union.
權力偏向個體共和國而不再偏向蘇聯
