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Referendum on the Fate of the USSR: Ten Years Later

14.03.2001 [report] [ Expert Poll ]




QUESTION: ON MARCH 17, IT WILL BE TEN YEARS SINCE THE REFERENDUM WAS HELD ON KEEPING THE USSR INTACT. THE SOVIET UNION CEASED TO EXIST SOON AFTER THE REFERENDUM. WAS IT POSSIBLE TO MAINTAIN THE USSR OR NOT?

QUESTION: DO YOU REGRET THE BREAKDOWN OF THE SOVIET UNION?

QUESTION: DID THE BREAKDOWN OF THE SOVIET UNION HAVE ANY INFLUENCE ON YOUR OWN OR YOUR FAMILY'S LIFE? IF YES, WAS THIS INFLUENCE POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE?

QUESTION: SPEAKING ABOUT THE MAJORITY OF RUSSIANS, DO YOU THINK THE BREAKDOWN OF THE SOVIET UNION HAD ANY INFLUENCE ON THEIR LIVES? IF YES, WAS THIS INFLUENCE POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE?

QUESTION: HAS RUSSIA WON OR LOST FROM THE COLLAPSE OF THE USSR?

QUESTION: IF A REFERENDUM ON THE UNIFICATION OF ALL CIS STATES WERE HELD, WOULD YOU VOTE FOR OR AGAINST SUCH A UNION?

QUESTION: IS THE RESTORATION OF THE USSR POSSIBLE OR IMPOSSIBLE TODAY?

Telephone interviews with the respresentives of regional power and intellectual media elites (100 experts sampled) March 6-7 2001