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.
Ballot paper of the referendum of 17 March 1991
GKChP aligned tanks on Red Square during the August Coup
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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…Byelorussia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan) which participated in the drafting of the treaty held a popular referendum. 76% of voters supported maintaining the federal system of the Soviet Union, including a majority in all of the nine republics. Opposition was greatest…
Voter invitation in the RSFSR