04-07-2018, 04:02 AM
(04-07-2018, 12:37 AM)Dill Wrote: No, Lucy, federal units of the Soviet Union could not leave whenever they wanted--not until it crashed.
Warsaw Pact members could not change their government form and they weren't even in the Soviet Union. Countries like Estonia and Lithuania would have fled the first chance they got if allowed.
It’s in the Soviet constitution. About as simple as possible.
The Warsaw Pact wasn’t just the USSR. It was created to thwart nato.
Quote:Article 72. Each Union Republic shall retain the right freely to secede from the USSR.
