Nostalgia for the Soviet Union and the attitude to separate persons

According to a survey conducted by the Sociological group "RATING" in April 2014, third (33%) of respondents regret the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1991, while almost half (49%) - no.

It should be noted that since 2010 the number of those who are nostalgic for the Soviet Union, fell by almost 1.5 times (from 46 to 33%).

Half of the respondents have a positive attitude to Petro I, 30% - negative. Almost one in five -  undecided with his attitude. Over the past two years a positive attitude to Petro I dropped from 59 to 50%.

41% of the respondents have a positive attitude to Ivan Mazepa, 30% - negative. Almost one in four - undecided with his attitude. Over the past two years a positive attitude to Ivan Mazepa dropped from 44 to 41%.

20% of the respondents have a positive attitude to Joseph Stalin, 70% - negative. Almost one in ten - undecided with his attitude. Over the past two years a negative attitude to к Joseph Stalin increased from 62 to 70%

31% of the respondents have a positive attitude to Stepan Bandera, almost half (48%) - negative. Almost one in five - undecided with his attitude. Over the past two years a positive  attitude to Stepan Bandera increased from 22 to 31%.

16% of the respondents have a positive attitude to  Vladimir Putin, 76% - negative. Almost one in ten - undecided with his attitude. Over the last year negative attitude to Putin has almost doubled (from 40 to 76%), while in October 2013 the number of those who had a positive attitude to Vladimir Putin (47%) exceeded the number of those who are negative (40%).

The target audience of the research: the population of Ukraine aged from 18 and older. The sample is representative by age, gender, region and type of settlement. Optional quantity: 2000 respondents. Personal formalized interview (face to face). Margin of error is less than 2.2%. The period of completion:: 15-25 of April 2014