[1] The voters answered the questions: "Do you agree that South Ossetia should be an independent country?"
and "Do you agree with the South Ossetian parliament solution of September 1, 1991 on reunion with Russia?
However, the Georgian government revoked the territory's autonomous status on 1 December 1990.
Although Georgia boycotted the March 1991 referendum on creating a renewed Soviet federation, South Ossetian voters took part.
When Georgia held an independence referendum later in the month, it was boycotted in South Ossetia.