On March 17th, 1991, a referendum was held in several SSR to decide if the USSR was to be broken up in its constituant or if it should be allowed to continue, to which the electorace answered "Yes" to nearly 70%; however, the Baltic, Armenian, Georgian and Moldovan SSR boycotted the vote.
However, in the aftermath of the August Coup, several SSR seceded from the USSR, fearing to be yet enslaved by the CPSU.
So, what would be the future of a Union of Sovereign States consisting of Russia, Central Asia, Belarus, Ukraine and Azerbaijan?
How would it fare, both economically and politically? And how would the president of this community deal with Yeltsin's secessionist tendencies?
However, in the aftermath of the August Coup, several SSR seceded from the USSR, fearing to be yet enslaved by the CPSU.
So, what would be the future of a Union of Sovereign States consisting of Russia, Central Asia, Belarus, Ukraine and Azerbaijan?
How would it fare, both economically and politically? And how would the president of this community deal with Yeltsin's secessionist tendencies?