Zdroj: [Zemřel Janajev, muž, který se pokusil svrhnout Gorbačova, Lidovky.cz, 2010-09-24, 2012-06-19, http://www.lidovky.cz/zemrel-janajev-muz-ktery-se-pokusil-svrhnout-gorbacova-pjs-/lide.asp?c=A100924_222407_lide_ani]
Valentin Varennikov citáty a výroky
Valentin Varennikov: Citáty anglicky
"Горбачев сказал нам: "Действуйте, как хотите" " https://ytro.news/articles/2007/08/20/672987.shtml
As quoted in 1995, "Valentin I. Varennikov, Retired Soviet General Who Tried to Topple Gorbachev, Dies at 85" in The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/08/world/europe/08varennikov.html (8 May 2009)