The Event (Russian: Событие) is a 2015 Russian-language Belgian-Dutch documentary film about the 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt produced, written and directed by Sergei Loznitsa.

[4] Vladimir Putin as aide to St. Petersburg mayor Anatoly Sobchak is shown for a moment.

[5] The film tells the story of three days in Leningrad in August 1991, when thousands of people came to Palace Square in support of the democratic forces.

The protesters build barricades on the approaches to the Leningrad City Council, leaflets with the logo of the newspaper Chas Pick are distributed, Anatoly Sobchak encourages people on the square from his window, and poets recite revolutionary poems.

The young man removes the red flag, while others seal the Smolny Building, where the CPSU was located.