Bolshevik Russia
| Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic |
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Russian: Российская Советская Федеративная Социалистическая Республика Rossiyskaya Sovetskaya Federativnaya Sotsialisticheskaya Respublika |
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Motto Пролетарии всех стран, соединяйтесь! (Russian) Proletarii vsekh stran, soyedinyaytes'! (transliteration) "Workers of the world, unite!" |
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Anthem Worker's Marseillaise (1917–1918) The Internationale (1918–1944) National Anthem of the Soviet Union (1944–1990) The Patriotic Song (1990–1991)a |
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 Extent of the Russian SFSR (red) within the Soviet Union
(red and white) following World War II (1956). |
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| Capital | Petrograd (1917–1918) Moscow (March 1918–1991) |
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| Languages | Russianb | |||||||||||||
| Government | Federal Marxist-Leninist one-party soviet socialist republic | |||||||||||||
| Head of state | ||||||||||||||
| • | 1917 (first) | Lev Kamenevc | ||||||||||||
| • | 1990–1991 (last) | Boris Yeltsind | ||||||||||||
| Head of government | ||||||||||||||
| • | 1917–1924 (first) | Vladimir Lenine | ||||||||||||
| • | 1990–1991 | Ivan Silayevf | ||||||||||||
| • | 1991 (last) | Boris Yeltsing | ||||||||||||
| Legislature | VTsIK / All-Russian Congress (1917–38) Supreme Soviet (RSFSR) (1938–90) Supreme Soviet (RSFSR) / Congress of People's Deputies (1990–91) |
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| Historical era | 20th century | |||||||||||||
| • | October Revolution | November 7, 1917 | ||||||||||||
| • | Soviet Republic proclaimed | November 9, 1917 | ||||||||||||
| • | Admitted to the USSR | December 30, 1922 | ||||||||||||
| • | Sovereignty declared | June 12, 1990 | ||||||||||||
| • | Independence effective | December 12, 1991 | ||||||||||||
| Currency | Soviet ruble (руб) (SUR) | |||||||||||||
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| Today part of |
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| a. | Remained the national anthem of Russia until 2000. | |||||||||||||
| b. | Official language in the courts from 1937. | |||||||||||||
| c. | As Chairman of the VTsIK (All-Russian Central Executive Committee). | |||||||||||||
| d. | As Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR, from May 29, 1990 to July 10, 1991, then as President of Russia. | |||||||||||||
| e. | As Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the Russian SFSR | |||||||||||||
| f. | As Chairmen of the Council of Ministers – Government of the Russian SFSR | |||||||||||||
| g. | Served as acting head of government while President of Russia | |||||||||||||
 Seven Hero City awards |
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| The Russian Democratic Federative Republic existed briefly on January 19, 1918, but actual sovereignty was still in the hands of the Soviets even after the Russian Constituent Assembly opened its first and last session. | ||||||||||||||
Russia (
i/ˈrʌʃə/; Russian: Росси́я, tr. Rossija; IPA: [rɐˈsʲijə]; from the Greek: Ρωσία — Rus'), officially known as the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (Russian SFSR or RSFSR; Russian: Российская Советская Федеративная Социалистическая Республика, tr. Rossiyskaya Sovetskaya Federativnaya Sotsialisticheskaya Respublika 
listen ) and the Russian Federation (Russian: Росси́йская Федера́ция, tr. Rossijskaja Federacija; IPA: [rɐˈsʲijskəjə fʲɪdʲɪˈratsɨjə]) commonly referred to as Soviet Russia was a sovereign state in 1917–22, the largest, most populous, and most economically developed republic of the Soviet Union in 1922–91 and a sovereign part of the Soviet Union with its own legislation in 1990–91. The Republic comprised sixteen autonomous republics, five autonomous oblasts, ten autonomous okrugs, six krais, and forty oblasts.Russians formed the largest ethnic group. The capital of the Russian SFSR was Moscow and the other major urban centers included Leningrad, Novosibirsk, Yekaterinburg, Nizhny Novgorod and Samara.
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