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)