Respondents were asked to recall their first feelings about the Treaty of Belovezhsk and to describe their attitude on this issue 10 years ago.

The respondents' answers are divided into four groups: 42% of those surveyed spoke about their negative attitude towards the Treaty of Belovezhsk; 7% said they were neutral or indifferent; 6% said they felt positively about the events of 1991; and 3% said they were confused because these events were too hard to understand or were simply beyond belief.

Respondents were more likely to reveal negative emotions, such as regrets, fears, vexation, anxiety, and even anger (24%) ("unpleasant impressions"; "I was in shock"; "we were disappointed"; "I felt myself aggrieved"; "dismay"; "fear"; "indignation"; "resentment").

Some respondents said they disagreed in principle with the decision of the political leaders of Russia, Ukraine and Belarus, ("we were against that Treaty"; "I considered it to perfidy"; "we wanted everything as it was, together") - 15%.

3% of those surveyed showed their indignation against those who signed the Treaty ("Gorbachev started it and Yeltsin realized the idea"; "hatred towards Yeltsin"; "Gorbachev and Shevardnadze made the country collapse").

Those who felt positively about the collapse of the USSR (6%), spoke about the feelings of freedom and the beginning of a new life: "expectations of new changes," "positive feelings because we were released from the USSR's yoke").

Those who were stunned (3%) when they heard about the signing of the Treaty of Belovezhsk said that "it was hard to understand the reason for it and what to do"; "how would the situation work out in the future?"; "it was hard to believe it had already happened"; "it was impossible to imagine the possibility of the collapse of the USSR," and therefore some people "were once waiting for its return."