Before the military coup in Chile, we had the idea that military coups happen in Banana Republics, somewhere in Central America. It would never happen in Chile. Chile was such a solid democracy. And when it happened, it had brutal characteristics.
Many of these people who shout that they don't tolerate coups have a history of taking part in coups themselves.
The opponents of perestroika had suffered a defeat, and then they organized the coup.
Miracles are God's coups d'etat.
What happened in Russia in 1917 wasn't a revolution - it was a coup d'etat.