DECREE ISSUED BY THE SUPREME SOVIET OF THE USSR on organization and measures for holding the Referendum of the
Based on the fact that only the People may take
a burden of historical responsibility before the fate of the USSR, and in order
to implement the decisions of the Forth Congress of the People’s Deputies of
the USSR and in compliance with the legislation of the USSR on the Referendum,
the Supreme Soviet of the USSR Decrees:
1. To hold on the whole territory of the
2. To include in the secret ballot-paper the
following wording of the question put to the Referendum and the versions of
voters’ answers:
“Do you consider necessary preservation of the
Union of Soviet Socialist Republic as a renewed federation of equal sovereign
republics, in which the human rights and freedoms will be fully secured for a
person of any nationality”.
“Yes” or “No”
3. To consolidate the results of voting for the
All-Union taking into account the results of voting in each Republic
separately.
10. In accordance with Article 29 of the Law of
the USSR “on the Public Referendum of the USSR”, the decision made through the
Referendum of the USSR is final, binding on the whole territory of the USSR and
may be revoked or changed solely through the new Referendum of the USSR.
Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the
(Bulletin
of the Peoples’ Deputies Congress of the USSR and the Supreme Council of the
USSR, M., 1991, # 4, p. 161-162)