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...KIEV, U.S.S.R.--Brimming with hope, Ukrainians voted yesterday in a referendum on independence that could deal the fatal blow to Mikhail S. Gorbachev's disintegrating Soviet Union...
...Independence is the only way out of the current situation. It's easier to put order into small yard than a large yard," said Viktor Zakerpikny, 43, as he cast his ballot in Byelo Tserkov, 55 miles south of Kiev...
...Kiev, Mihailo Avanesov, 37, a metal artisan, said as he waited to vote: "If the center no longer takes a big slice of Ukraine's pie, we'll live fine...
...only early returns were from six Soviet military bases in Kiev, Odessa, Dnepropetrovsk and Donet- sk. The referendum carried there easily, with support ranging from 80.4 percent in Dnepropetrovsk to 97 percent in Kiev, said military spokesperson Vladimir Korkodim...
...first step, formation of an economic union, seemed to be at hand a few days ago, but only eight of the 12 remaining Soviet republics signed the treaty setting one up. Ukraine pulled out at the last minute, vowing to have total independence, and last week the parliament in Kiev voted to create a separate Ukrainian army, navy and air force. For good measure, it demanded to share control of all nuclear weapons on Ukrainian soil rather than hand them over to Russia or any central government -- though it reaffirmed its intention to destroy the atomic weapons eventually...