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[–] ComradeEd@lemmygrad.ml 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They could. Article 17 of the 1936 Constitution (can be found on https://marxists.org > English > History > Soviet Union > Soviet Government) explicitly allowed every Republic to secede from the U.S.S.R.