• REallyN [she/her,they/them]
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      4 years ago

      8 western republics protested the vote

      that seems like...alot.
      how many republics were there?

      • ssjmarx [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        Here is an infographic with the relevant numbers.

        IMO the republics who felt that membership in the USSR wasn't serving them should have been allowed to split off, but the dissolution of the Union was never intended by anyone involved in it to be a democratic process.