I'm reading Medea Benjamin's War in Ukraine: Making Sense of a Senseless Conflict, which mentions that:

Crimea was transferred administratively from the Russian Soviet Republic to the Ukrainian Soviet Republic in 1954 after Nikita Khrushchev, who was from Ukraine, succeeded the late Josef Stalin as Soviet leader.

After the Ukrainian parliament voted for independence from the Soviet Union in 1990, Crimea held a referendum in January 1991; more than 94 percent of its people voted for independence from Ukraine, and Crimea briefly became an Autonomous Soviet Republic within the U.S.S.R. But when the Soviet Union finally broke up later that year, Crimea’s parliament agreed to join Ukraine, overriding the expressed will of the large majority of its people, until the issue came to the fore again in 2014.

What were the circumstances that made Crimea’s parliament agree to join Ukraine although it was against the will of the majority (questioning also if this was really the case) of the people?

I'm reading Medea Benjamin's War in Ukraine: Making Sense of a Senseless Conflict, which mentions that:

Crimea was transferred administratively from the Russian Soviet Republic to the Ukrainian Soviet Republic in 1954 after Nikita Khrushchev, who was from Ukraine, succeeded the late Josef Stalin as Soviet leader.

After the Ukrainian parliament voted for independence from the Soviet Union in 1990, Crimea held a referendum in January 1991; more than 94 percent of its people voted for independence from Ukraine, and Crimea briefly became an Autonomous Soviet Republic within the U.S.S.R. But when the Soviet Union finally broke up later that year, Crimea’s parliament agreed to join Ukraine, overriding the expressed will of the large majority of its people, until the issue came to the fore again in 2014.

What were the circumstances that made Crimea’s parliament agree to join Ukraine although it was against the will of the majority (questioning also if this was really the case) of the people?

I'm reading Medea Benjamin's War in Ukraine: Making Sense of a Senseless Conflict, it mention that:

Crimea was transferred administratively from the Russian Soviet Republic to the Ukrainian Soviet Republic in 1954 after Nikita Khrushchev, who was from Ukraine, succeeded the late Josef Stalin as Soviet leader.

After the Ukrainian parliament voted for inde- pendence from the Soviet Union in 1990, Crimea held a referendum in January 1991; more than 94 percent of its people voted for independence from Ukraine, and Crimea briefly became an Autonomous Soviet Republic within the U.S.S.R. But when the Soviet Union finally broke up later that year, Crimea’s parliament agreed to join Ukraine, overriding the expressed will of the large majority of its people, until the issue came to the fore again in 2014.

What were the circumstances that made Crimea’s parliament agree to join Ukraine although it being against the will of majority (questioning also if this was really the case) of the people?.

I'm reading Medea Benjamin's War in Ukraine: Making Sense of a Senseless Conflict, which mentions that:

Crimea was transferred administratively from the Russian Soviet Republic to the Ukrainian Soviet Republic in 1954 after Nikita Khrushchev, who was from Ukraine, succeeded the late Josef Stalin as Soviet leader.

After the Ukrainian parliament voted for independence from the Soviet Union in 1990, Crimea held a referendum in January 1991; more than 94 percent of its people voted for independence from Ukraine, and Crimea briefly became an Autonomous Soviet Republic within the U.S.S.R. But when the Soviet Union finally broke up later that year, Crimea’s parliament agreed to join Ukraine, overriding the expressed will of the large majority of its people, until the issue came to the fore again in 2014.

What were the circumstances that made Crimea’s parliament agree to join Ukraine although it was against the will of the majority (questioning also if this was really the case) of the people?