{"id":11488,"date":"2019-01-02T07:51:06","date_gmt":"2019-01-02T07:51:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/?p=11488"},"modified":"2019-01-03T06:02:35","modified_gmt":"2019-01-03T06:02:35","slug":"poll-most-russians-miss-ussr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/poll-most-russians-miss-ussr\/","title":{"rendered":"Poll: Most Russians Miss USSR"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Russian pollster Levada Center recently published thought-provoking, if unsettling, findings: Most Russians said they missed the Soviet Union. We will look at the detailed results of this survey and some possible explanations. You can read the pollster’s report\u00a0in Russian<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"hammer

Image via Pixabay<\/p><\/div>\n

More People Miss the USSR<\/h2>\n

The main finding of the poll (\u043e\u043f\u0440\u043e\u0301\u0441<\/strong>), conducted in late November 2018 among 1,600 respondents, is that 66 percent of all respondents said they regret the break-up of the Soviet Union. The question was worded as follows: “\u0421\u043e\u0436\u0430\u043b\u0435\u0301\u0435\u0442\u0435 \u043b\u0438 \u0412\u044b \u043e \u0440\u0430\u0441\u043f\u0430\u0301\u0434\u0435 \u0421\u0421\u0421\u0420?<\/strong>” (Do you regret the break-up of the USSR?<\/em>) Twenty five percent of respondents (\u0440\u0435\u0441\u043f\u043e\u043d\u0434\u0435\u0301\u043d\u0442\u044b<\/strong>) said they did not, and 9 percent were unsure.<\/p>\n

Levada Center has been asking this question since 1992. Another interesting finding was that the number of people who missed the USSR has gone up since last year and is now the higher than at any point since 2005.<\/p>\n

When asked whether the breakup of the USSR was inevitable, 62 percent said it could have been prevented, and 27 percent said it couldn’t have. The question was worded this way:<\/p>\n

\u041a\u0430\u043a \u0432\u044b \u0441\u0435\u0439\u0447\u0430\u0301\u0441 \u0441\u0447\u0438\u0442\u0430\u0301\u0435\u0442\u0435, \u0440\u0430\u0441\u043f\u0430\u0301\u0434 \u0421\u043e\u0432\u0435\u0301\u0442\u0441\u043a\u043e\u0433\u043e \u0421\u043e\u044e\u0301\u0437\u0430 \u0431\u044b\u043b \u043d\u0435\u0438\u0437\u0431\u0435\u0301\u0436\u0435\u043d, \u0438\u0301\u043b\u0438 \u0435\u0433\u043e\u0301 \u043c\u043e\u0301\u0436\u043d\u043e \u0431\u044b\u0301\u043b\u043e \u0438\u0437\u0431\u0435\u0436\u0430\u0301\u0442\u044c?<\/strong>
\nDo you now feel the collapse of the USSR was inevitable, or could it have been avoided?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"Soviet

Image via Pixabay<\/p><\/div>\n

Pride and Economy<\/h2>\n

The top reasons people named for missing the USSR were:<\/p>\n