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But after the August 1991 coup attempt, which failed but weakened Gorbachev and strengthened the centrifugal forces pulling the Soviet Union apart, Kravchuk threw his backing to the Ukrainian independence camp. SEE ALSO: Stanislau Shushkevich, First Leader Of Independent Belarus, Dead At 87 On December 1, 1991, Ukrainians backed independence with 92 percent in favor in a referendum and elected Kravchuk, who had been chairman of Ukraine’s Supreme Soviet...