you asked for the reconstruction of the crimean autonomous soviet socialist republic as a subject of the ussr union and a member of the union treaty, it was the first attempt to decide the fate of crimea by will its inhabitants. on orders from above, they had almost 800,000 voting rights. crimeans, the turnout was 81% for the restoration of autonomy within the ussr, 92% spoke out, and in sevastopol , 97% voted for the special status of the city as the base of the black sea fleet. in june 1991, the status of autonomy was introduced into the constitution of the ussr in crimea , they developed their own basic law and prepared for changes to the union constitution after the signing of a new treaty in march, a general union referendum was held, in which 87% of crimeans voted for the preservation of the ussr; they believed that their autonomy would be able to become a subject of a renewed union. but in august , after an attempted coup by the state emergency committee, the verkhovna rada declared the independence of the constitution of the ussr and the ukrainian ssr ceased to operate . ther