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The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic [b] (Russian SFSR or RSFSR), previously known as the Russian Soviet Republic [3] and the Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic, and unofficially as Soviet Russia, [4] was a socialist state from 1917 to 1922, and afterwards the largest and most populous constituent republic of the Soviet Union (USSR) from 1922 to 1991, until becoming a ...
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [t] (USSR), [u] commonly known as the Soviet Union, [v] was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. . During its existence, it was the largest country by area, extending across eleven time zones and sharing borders with twelve countries, and the third-most populous co
Russia received humanitarian food aid from abroad. After the Belavezha Accords, the Supreme Soviet of Russia withdrew Russia from the Soviet Union on 12 December. The Soviet Union officially ended on 25 December 1991, [272] and the Russian Federation (formerly the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic) [273] took power on 26 December. [272]
The first socialist state was the Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic, established in 1917. [27] In 1922, it merged with the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic, the Transcaucasian Soviet Federal Socialist Republic, and the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic into a single federal union called the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics ...
Russia, [b] or the Russian Federation, [c] is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the largest country in the world by land area, and extends across eleven time zones; sharing land borders with fourteen countries. [d] Russia is the most populous country in Europe and the ninth-most populous country in the world.
The Karelo-Finnish Soviet Socialist Republic, a relic of the Soviet-Finnish War (the Winter War), became the only union republic to be deprived of its status in 1956. The decision to downgrade Karelia to an autonomous republic within the Russian SFSR was made unilaterally by the central government without consulting its population.
Unitary Marxist–Leninist one-party socialist republic under a Stalinist dictatorship: Europe: Soviet satellite state: Czechoslovak (Socialist) Republic [165] [166] (disputed) [167] 1948: between 1956 [168] [verification needed] and 1968 [169] [170] Klement Gottwald (1948–1953) Antonín Novotný (after 1953) Communist Party of Czechoslovakia ...
Soviet Union – was a socialist state on the Eurasian continent that existed from 1922 to 1991. A union of multiple subnational Soviet republics, its government and economy were highly centralized. A union of multiple subnational Soviet republics, its government and economy were highly centralized.