Ukrainian People Choose Independence From The Soviet Union In Today's Memory, December 1, 1991

People demonstrated in Kyiv, supporting Ukraine's independence which was decided on December 1, 1991 after going through the election process the day before. (X/@elecstworld)

JAKARTA Memories of today, 32 years ago, December 1, 1991, the Ukrainian people chose to be independent from the Soviet Union. The desire for independence is perpetuated in a referendum. All people want Ukraine to become a sovereign country.

Previously, Mikhail Gorbachev's leadership was predicted to bring fresh air to the Soviet Union. He perpetuated the policies of Perestroika (restructuring) and Glasnost (openness) to change the economic and political system. However, the policy became the master's weapon.

The Russian revolution that undermined the monarchy and changed everything in 1917. The revolution then gave birth to a socialist state, the Soviet Union. A country consisting of various nations in Europe. These include Russia, Ukraine, Georgia, Belarus, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Moldova, Latvia, Tajikistan, Estonia, and Lithuania.

The extension of the Soviet Union was booming. He is classified as a superpower. This existence is also evidenced by the courage of the Soviet Union to make the United States (US) a rival in all fields. From economic matters to socio-cultural matters.

Everything changed when Gorbachev was perched on the leadership title. He felt the Soviet Union had to change if it wanted to progress. He began to perpetuate the policies of Perestroika and Glasnost. He considered the policy to be able to make the nations that joined forces develop.

Instead of developing, the policy made the nations that joined began to become aware of independence. This condition was exacerbated by the economic growth of the Soviet Union which continued to decline. Gorbachev began to take a stand. He wanted to make the nations that joined the federation. However, with the same nationality. The initiation was not accepted.

The form of a country that is envisioned is a kind of federation with the same nationality, with a single monetary system, but the tax and budget system is federal depending on their respective republics. The central government continues to deal with foreign politics and state security issues, including controlling its armed forces and nuclear powers. Of course, also Soviet space projects.

But each can open diplomatic missions abroad and sign agreements, and can claim foreign exchange, gold, and agency reserves. What is not yet clear in the agreement is the source of financing for sectors held by the central government. Moscow will no longer have a source of income tax, beyond what republics have determined: a fixed percentage of republic's income, which is likely to be renegotiated every year. And it can be pursued, in the negotiations it is likely that Moscow is in a weak position, "explained Farida Sendjaja in his article in Tempo Magazine entitled Will Disband the Soviet Union (1991).

Economic uncertainty and status made the nations that are members of the Soviet Union choose their own destiny. Ukraine, for example. The Ukrainian people want independence from the Soviet Union.

The narrative was echoed in a referendum on December 1, 1991. The results were brilliant. The majority of the Ukrainian people chose to be independent. They wanted Ukraine to become a sovereign country. The independence then further 'destroyed' the Soviet Union until it disbanded a few weeks later.

The majority of Ukrainians voted for independence in the referendum on December 1, 1991. (about 92 percent of them supported independence). In elections that coincided with the referendum, Kravchuk was elected president. At that time, several important developments had taken place in Ukraine, including the dissolution of the Communist Party and infrastructure development for the Ukrainian armed forces, "is written on the Britannica page.