According
to a Sputnik.Polls survey, residents of 9 out of 11 surveyed former
Soviet countries aged over 35 believe that life in the USSR was
better than it has been since the breakup of the Soviet Union.
Some 64% of
respondents in Russia who lived in Soviet times believe that the
quality of life in the Soviet Union was better. About 60% of
respondents in Ukraine agreed with this statement. The survey showed
that the highest rates of agreement with this statement are found
among respondents in Armenia (71%) and Azerbaijan (69%).
Those
respondents who do not remember living in the USSR, those aged 18-24,
believe that life has improved since the collapse. Some 63% of young
people in Russia think so. The data is based on a survey conducted by
Russian Public Opinion Research Center (VCIOM), M-Vector, Ipsos,
Expert Fikri and Qafqaz in 11 countries of the former Soviet Union,
at the request of Sputnik news agency and radio.
People over
35 believe that life was better in the USSR, compared to the
post-breakup period, almost in every country: 71% against 23% in
Armenia, 69% against 29% in Azerbaijan, 64% against 28% in Russia,
60% against 32% in Moldova, 61% against 27% in Kazakhstan, 60%
against 23% in Ukraine, 60% against 30% in Kyrgyzstan, 53% against
28% in Belarus, and 51% against 46% in Georgia. Only respondents from
Tajikistan (39% against 55%) and Uzbekistan (4% against 91%) aged
over 35 believe that life improved after the collapse of the Soviet
Union.
Respondents
(under 25) who were born after or shortly before the collapse of the
Soviet Union believe that life is better now: 48% against 47% in
Armenia, 48% against 37% in Kyrgyzstan, 56% against 35% in
Kazakhstan, 57% against 34% in Belarus, 79% against 20% in Georgia,
39% against 18% in Ukraine, 63% against 25% in Russia, 68% against
14% in Azerbaijan, 84% against 13% in Tajikistan and 89% against 5%
in Uzbekistan. And it is only in Moldova that 69% of young people
believe that life was better in the Soviet Union than after it
collapsed (17%).
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