The November Coup (Osorra)

The November Coup was a military coup in November of 1989 against the Communist government of Osorra. The military overthrew the civilian government of Osorra, reinstalled the Tsar, and rewrote the Constitution. Following the coup mass privatizations of state assets ensued and the state fell into mass civil unrest as foreign powers battled to take over Osorra. The reasons behind the coup are unknown, many believe it to be caused by the conflicts between military and civilian leadership, the growing power of the military in civilian affairs, and a new ideology in the army that displaced communism with cybernetics. Many scholars see the coup as an inevitable result of the growing power of the army, and its penetration into civilian life after the Peace of S̄ulasotêlas.

The coup began on November 10th of 1989 when military divisions on the base near Cuzka began mobilizing without the request of the civilian government. The military began to deploy around the city and initially met no resistance. Local police forces at the request of the federal government were asked to question the military only to be later detained. The government agreed to barricade the Kremlin Insula. By the 15th the military blocked the Core Insula and virtually started a siege the island. Several military units defected and Cuzka fell into urban warfare for a week. Military units in other parts of the country began occupying cities and taking over major television and radio stations. The Kremlin Insula that was slowly being starved out asked the military to end the blockade of the island or they would be excommunicated from the party. In response, military leader Mikalov Misha declared himself General Secretary of the Party and deemed the old general secretary illegitimate. Local police forces attempted to fight the military's siege of the Kremlin Insula to no avail. By the 25th the civilian leadership decided to smuggle in supplies, using shortwave radio to broadcast messages to civilians or rebellious troops. In response the military launced the Week of Terror (Osorra) where a strict lockdown fell on the city. On December the 1st the civilian leadership accepted Mikalov Misha as General Secretary and he signed a legal decree dissolving the Osorrai state. Soon multiparty elections were allowed and many former Communist party members were removed from their positions.