THE UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS
LAW ON PROCEDURE FOR RESOLVING QUESTIONS CONNECTED WITH A UNION REPUBLIC’S SECESSION FROM THE USSR.
Article 3. In a Union republic which includes within its structure autonomous republics, autonomous oblasts, or autonomous okrugs, the referendum is held separately for each autonomous formation. The people of autonomous republics and autonomous formations retain the right to decide independently the question of remaining within the USSR or within the seceding Union republic, and also to raise the question of their own state-legal status.
In a Union republic on whose territory there are places densely populated by ethnic groups constituting a majority of the population of the locality in question, the results of the voting in these localities are recorded separately when the results of the referendum are being determined.
Artsakh is Armenia.
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