Legal aspects of the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 and its implications for the reunification of crimea with Russia in 2014
Journal: Zeitschrift für ausländisches öfentliches Recht und Völkerrecht, ZAORV = Heidelberg Journal of International Law, HJIL
Year: 2015

Abstract This article is devoted to the examination of legal aspects of the dissolu- tion procedure (termination of existence) of the Union of the Soviet Social- ist Republics (USSR) in 1991. Based on interdisciplinary research the author investigates the legitimacy of the dissolution (termination of existence) of the Soviet Union, taking into consideration the results and legal effect of two referenda which took place in 1991: the Soviet Union Referendum on the preservation of the USSR on 17.3.