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[–] OurToothbrush@lemmy.ml -1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Non-russians especially in Central Asia voted to not dissolve the USSR at a much higher rate than Russians in 1991, so claiming it was a Russian empire is a bit nonsensical.

Check out the sources on this Wikipedia article

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991_Soviet_Union_referendum