Who tried to seize control of the Soviet government in an attempted coup d'etat in 1991?

a. hard-line leaders

b. Boris Yeltsin

c. army troops

d. Mikhail Gorbachev

The correct answer is A. Hard-line leaders

These were the members of the Soviet Government that were against Gorbachev's policies that were opened toward the west. They were like radical communists that liked the cold-war era and wanted to keep the relations between the two countries separated.