On Wed, 3 Jul 2002, ChrisD(RJ) wrote:
> It certainly wasn't some love on the part of the Soviet masses for
> market economics, since 90% of them hadn't a clue what it was, and in
> any case voted for the preservation of the Union (70% of Soviet
> citizens, as opposed to 15% of CPSU delegates
You've mentioned this before and it's kind of an amazing figure. How did the discrepency between the delegate and popular vote come about? Was the popular vote just advisory, with no binding force? And the CPSU delegates just ignored it as it as if it hadn't taken place?
Michael