Brief: Russia marks 10 years without Communist rule

Posted: Monday, August 20, 2001

MOSCOW - Russia marked 10 years without Communist rule Sunday with a sparsely attended rally and an absent president, underscoring the profound changes in public mood a decade after it began its journey to democracy.

The people who flocked to the Russian parliament building by the tens of thousands to stare down a last-gasp Communist coup stayed away from Sunday's anniversary celebration, leaving just 100 or so stalwarts to mark the fall of the Soviet Union.

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