Issue ? 28. September 2011

Problems of the Organization and Conduction of the All-Union Referendum of March, 17th, 1991 and Lines of Development of an Allied Federation

Graduate student, Political History Department, School of Public Administration, Lomonosov Moscow State University.
E-mail: alexlukashin@mail.ru

The article analyzes the problems of the organization and conduction of a referendum in the USSR on March, 17th, 1991. Based on a vast amount of documents the author establishes reasons for conducting the referendum, considers the preparation and the referendum organization by the Soviet leadership, evaluates its results and analyzes the Novo-Ogarevo process, which began soon after the referendum. The work has been compiled from original sources such as laws and decisions of  the Supreme Soviet and Congresses of People΄s deputies of the USSR, materials of Central Commission of the referendum of the USSR.

Keywords

All-Union referendum, allied federation, sovereign republics, nationalism, Supreme Soviet, Union Treaty, Novo-Ogarevo process.