Daily News / A Chronicle of the day №7-1991 The First All-Union Referendum (1991)

Photo: Refugees: a woman with a child – Wed.

A destroyed house – general.

People on the street, ruins, a child’s face, soldiers in an armored personnel carrier, women crying, a funeral procession in Lithuania, a child holding a poster that says: “Why did my dad die?”, driving away to the coffin with the body of the deceased, the child’s face, through broken glass – Wed, kr, general.

The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, a helmet on the grave, the Eternal Flame burning – Wed.

An elderly woman carries flowers to the grave – Wed.

The editor of the Central Documentary Film Studio A. Rozov interviews an elderly woman on the street, the woman answers the question of how she sees the renewed Union (synchronously) – kr, Wed.

The city of Minsk, the Eternal Flame burning at the monument on Victory Square, an honor guard at the Eternal Flame – Wed.

On the day of the All-Union referendum, at a polling station, the editor of the KhND interviews a Belarusian sculptor about his attitude toward the renewed Union (synchronously) – Wed, Wed.

There are ballots on the table – Wed.

Political rally in Minsk, people with slogans against the CPSU – Wed, general.

Rally on Pushkin Square in Moscow, people at the rally express discontent (synchronously) – Wed.

Turkmenistan.

People on the street – Wed, general.

Turkmen girls and boys voting – Wed.

An old man-aksakal expresses his attitude toward the Union (synchronously in Turkmen) – Wed.

Street in Tallinn – Wed, Poland.

Sign on the house where the polling station is located, people at the polling station – general, Wed.

Referendum participants give interviews, saying that they voted for the Union (synchronously) – kr, cf.

An Estonian man talks about why he is not taking part in the referendum for the preservation of the Union (synchronously in Russian) – kr.

A street in Tallinn – general.

On the street, the Chairman of the Supreme Council of Estonia, Rüütel, comments on Estonia’s position in the All-Union referendum (synchronously) – kr.

People in Estonia go to the polling station, young men and women vote – kr, cf.

Lithuania, a street in Vilnius – general.

A man paints a memorial cross to the victims of the Vilnius events – kr, cf.

Vilnius residents give interviews on the street, explaining why they are not taking part in the All-Union referendum (synchronously) – kr, cf.

A polling station in Vilnius: those who came to vote give interviews (synchronously) – kr, cf.

A polling station in Kyrgyzstan: voters receive ballots and drop them in the ballot box – Wed.

A woman and a man give an interview at a polling station (synchronously) – Wed.

A polling station in Moscow: people vote – Wed. A. Rozov interviews voters (synchronously) – Wed, CR. Near the polling station, M. S. Gorbachev gives an interview to Soviet and foreign journalists (synchronously) – Wed. B. N. Yeltsin gives an interview near the polling station (synchronously) – Wed. A. N. Yakovlev drops a ballot in the ballot box and answers the correspondent's questions (synchronously).

Muscovites at a polling station give interviews about the elections (synchronously) – Wed, CR. Deputy Head of the Central Commission Golovko reports on the voting results (synchronously) – Wed.

The Friendship of Peoples fountain at VDNKh – Wed.

A woman with a baby carriage passes by – Wed, Poland.

Children on a swing – Wed.

A young soldier with his father passes by – Wed.

Parents walking with children – Wed, cr.

Newlyweds lay flowers at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier – Wed, cr.