Number of Ukrainians who would like to restore Soviet-era regime has dropped from 21% to 9% - Razumkov Center poll
In recent years, the number of Ukrainian citizens who have a negative attitude towards the restoration of the USSR in any form has increased.
According to Censor.NET, this is evidenced by poll data conducted by the Razumkov Center.
"Compared to 2017, the share of those who said they would like to see the USSR-era regime restored has decreased from 21% to 9%, and the share of those who would not like this has increased from 63% to 78%. 67% of the residents of the Eastern region, 74% of the residents of the Central region, 76% of the residents of the Southern region, and 93% of the residents of the Western region would not want the restoration of the USSR-era regime. 71% of representatives of the regime (50 years and older) age group and 84% of those under 50 would not want such regime to be restored," the sociologists noted.
The focus on the past (or the future) is associated with nostalgia (or lack thereof) for the Soviet past, the Razumkov Center explained.
Among those who would like to restore the order of the USSR, only 26% believe that the best times for our country will come in the future, while among respondents who do not want to restore the regime of the USSR, 75% believe that.
The survey was conducted from June 6 to 12, 2024, as part of the USAID/ENGAGE activity, which is funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and implemented by Pact in Ukraine. The contents of the poll are the sole responsibility of Pact and its partners and do not necessarily reflect the views of USAID or the United States Government.
The face-to-face survey was conducted in Vinnytsia, Volyn, Dnipropetrovsk, Zhytomyr, Zakarpattia, Zaporizhzhia, Ivano-Frankivsk, Kyiv, Kirovohrad, Lviv, Mykolaiv, Odesa, Poltava, Rivne, Sumy, Ternopil, Kharkiv, Kherson, Khmelnytskyi, Cherkasy, Chernihiv, Chernivtsi regions and the city of Kyiv (in Zaporizhzhia, Mykolaiv, Kharkiv, Kherson regions - only in the areas controlled by the government of Ukraine and not subject to hostilities).
2016 respondents aged 18 and older were interviewed. The theoretical sampling error does not exceed 2.3%. At the same time, additional systematic sample deviations may be caused by the consequences of Russian aggression, in particular, the forced evacuation of millions of citizens.
