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Independence referendum of 1991 was about whether UkrSSR will admit the dissolution of already defunct USSR or if it will continue its quasi-state existence. Ev
by thriftwy 3y ago
Independence referendum of 1991 was about whether UkrSSR will admit the dissolution of already defunct USSR or if it will continue its quasi-state existence. Even then they didn't get everybody on board.
It was not a referendum on "independence from Russia" because UkrSSR and RSFSR were distinct entites for 60 years already.
Then again, people could change their mind about being a part of the state of Ukraine.
- simonh 3y agoThe (translated) referendum question was “Do you support the Act of Declaration of Independence of Ukraine?”. People can change their minds, but there’s no evidence that significantly happened, or that over 30% of the populations of those regions did so.
- thriftwy 3y agoIndependence from who? The evidence that it has significantly happened is the 2014 LDNR referendums and the following harsh resistance of Donbas militias against Ukrainian forces (absolute majority of the soldiets being locals since how would you convince a large number of Russians to go and risk their lives in an unrecognized state). Donbas population is basically miners bearing automatic weapons. Not too easy to control if they oppose you on a fundamental level.