Question

A result of the attempted coup against the Soviet government in 1991 was that
the Communist Party gained support.
Soviet states began to declare independence.
Boris Yeltsin was destroyed politically.
many Soviet states remained part of the USSR.

Answer 1

Soviet states began to declare independence.

Explanation: The failed August 1991 coup weakened central Soviet authority, boosted Boris Yeltsin’s standing, discredited the Communist Party, and triggered a wave of republics declaring independence that led to the USSR’s dissolution later that year.