The presidents of Russia, Ukraine and Byelorussia yesterday declared an end to the U.S.S.R. and Mikhail S. Gorbachev's government and in their place created a commonwealth open "to all the members of the former Soviet Union."

The Evening Sun wants to know whether you think the U.S. should recognize this new commonwealth immediately.

Call SUNDIAL, the Baltimore Sun's telephone information system, on a Touch-Tone phone. The call is local, and answers will be registered between 10 a.m. and midnight. The SUNDIAL phone number is 783-1800 or, in Anne Arundel County, 268-7736. When you reach SUNDIAL, enter category 4600 and wait for instructions. Results will be published tomorrow.