In this task, we ask you to rewrite a sentence in simple English without changing its general meaning. Essentially, you want to make the sentence easier to read by using simpler words, utilizing more straightforward sentence structures, and omitting non-essential information etc.

The republic 's Supreme Soviet had little choice other than to declare Turkmenistan 's independence from the Soviet Union and the establishment of the Republic of Turkmenistan on October 27 , 1991 .
The republic 's Supreme Soviet declared Turkmenistan 's independence on October 27 , 1991 .