The number of those who miss the Soviet Union among the Russian people is increasing day by day.
In the news of this week in the Russian media, it was noted that the number of people who regret the disintegration of the Soviet Union has increased. In the survey published by Gazeta.RU, it was stated that these rates reached 67 percent.
An interesting event took place in the Russian Parliament last week. A bill was submitted to the Duma by RFCP parliamentarians to define the flag of the former Soviet Union as the current flag of Russia. The parliamentarians based their request to change the flag on a study by Russia’s largest public opinion research organization VTSIOM at the beginning of 2021.
According to this, 67 percent of the Russian people are saddened by the disintegration of the USSR. According to the parliamentarians who signed the bill, if a referendum were held today, 73 percent of the people would accept the re-establishment of the union of republics with equal rights. In the RFKP draft, the USSR flag is defined as ‘the flag of peace, goodness and great victories’.
Anjelika Glazkova, a parliamentarian of the Communist Party, says that “the red flag is particularly relevant in the current situation” and cites the example of the Ukrainian grandmother, who stood up to the Ukrainian armed forces with the sickle-hammer flag. According to different studies, almost two-thirds of the Russian people (62-63 percent) are saddened by the disintegration of the USSR.
According to the ‘FOM’ research, 21 percent of the people do not regret the disintegration of the USSR; this rate is 39 percent for young people and 27 percent for those with higher education. While 47 percent of the people do not find it realistic that the republics that formed the USSR will come together in the near future, 45 percent consider this scenario realistic.
According to the same survey, 52 percent of the people want the re-establishment of the USSR, and 31 percent are against it. However, 74 percent of the people do not see this as possible; 17% think it is possible. 59 percent of the people see the politicians of that period as responsible for the disintegration of the USSR, while 26 percent regard this as a natural result of the conflicts and problems that arose in the USSR. 45 percent of the respondents think that Russia lost with the disintegration of the USSR, 32 percent thought it won.
In Belarus, these rates are 41 to 28 percent; On the contrary, in Ukraine, 65 percent to 11 percent, the most common reasons put forward by those who want the re-establishment of the Soviet Union are as follows:
According to 14 percent, ‘life was better, easier and simpler’;
According to 7 percent, ‘the relations between people were better, there was friendship’ and ‘there was stability and trust from tomorrow’;
According to 4 percent, ‘the peoples had unity and cohesion’;
According to 3 percent, ‘there was no border between the republics’, ‘there were jobs’, ‘there were social security and social security; the state was concerned about the people’.
For those who oppose the re-establishment of the USSR, the rates are as follows:
‘Meaningless, unnecessary, impossible’ 8 percent;
‘I like living in Russia today’ 4 percent; ‘everyone in a united state lives on Russia’s account’ 3 percent;
‘Prohibitions, restrictions on rights and freedoms will return’ 2 percent.
‘craving for great power’ 46 percent;
increasing insecurity and alienation in society’ is 36 percent.
(G. Plakuçev / Gazeta.RU, April 19)
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