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For inhabitants of post-Soviet space, Swan Lake became a symbol of the 1991 coup. On August 19, listeners heard nothing but classical music on the radio, while all the TV channels played the Bolshoi Theater’s version of Swan Lake (the Soviet Union’s main ballet) over and over again. Swan Lake was usually broadcast on repeat when heads of state died; however, on August 19, 1991, there was a coup d’état.