A referendum on the future of the Soviet Union was held on 17 March 1991 across the Soviet Union.The question put to voters was Do you consider necessary the preservation of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics as a renewed federation of equal sovereign republics in which the rights and freedom of an individual of any ethnicity will be fully guaranteed?

The Soviet Union officially dissolved on 26 December. Results The ... "Law of Ukraine N 1661-XII on text for referendum" (in Ukrainian). 11 October 1991. "The funeral of the empire", Leonid Kravchuk, Zerkalo Nedeli (Mirror Weekly), 23 August – 1 September 2001.