1991 Soviet Union referendum
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A referendum on the future of the Soviet Union was held on 17 March 1991 across the Soviet Union. It was the only national referendum in the history of the Soviet Union, although it was boycotted by a
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Voter invitation in the RSFSR
New Union Treaty
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The New Union Treaty was a 1990 draft treaty that would have replaced the 1922 Treaty on the Creation of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics to salvage and reform the USSR.
1991 Soviet Union referendum
…history of the Soviet Union, although it was boycotted by authorities in six of the fifteen Soviet republics. The referendum asked whether to approve a new Union Treaty among the republics, to replace the 1922 treaty that created the USSR. The question put to most voters was: Do you consider necessary the preservation…
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