Referendum on the preservation of the USSR

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:politics
gptkbp:ballotQuestion	Do you consider it necessary to preserve the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics as a renewed federation of equal sovereign republics, in which the rights and freedoms of a person of any nationality will be fully guaranteed?
gptkbp:consequence	did not prevent the dissolution of the USSR
gptkbp:country	gptkb:Soviet_Union
gptkbp:date	1991-03-17
gptkbp:excludedRegions	gptkb:Armenia gptkb:Estonia gptkb:Georgia gptkb:Latvia gptkb:Lithuania gptkb:Moldova parts of Russia parts of Ukraine
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Referendum on the preservation of the USSR
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Soviet_Union
gptkbp:officialName	gptkb:All-Union_referendum_on_the_preservation_of_the_USSR
gptkbp:organizedBy	gptkb:Supreme_Soviet_of_the_USSR
gptkbp:purpose	to determine whether the Soviet Union should be preserved as a renewed federation
gptkbp:relatedEvent	gptkb:Dissolution_of_the_Soviet_Union gptkb:August_Coup
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:Mikhail_Gorbachev
gptkbp:result	majority voted in favor of preservation
gptkbp:significance	last nationwide vote in the Soviet Union
gptkbp:voterTurnout	80%
gptkbp:yes_percentage	22.15% 77.85%
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:1991_in_the_Soviet_Union
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6