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Russian: Российская Советская Федеративная Социалистическая Республика Rossiyskaya Sovetskaya Federativnaya Sotsialisticheskaya Respublika |
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| Independent state (1917–1922) Union Republic of the USSR (1922–1990) Union Republic with priority of Russian legislation (1990–1991) |
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Coat of arms
(1978–16 May 1992) |
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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 "The Internationale" (1918–1944) "National Anthem of the Soviet Union" (1944–1990) "The Patriotic Song" (1990–1993) |
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 Extent of the Russian SFSR (red) within the Soviet Union
(red and white) following World War II and territorial changes (1956). |
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| Capital | Petrograd (1917–1918) Moscow (March 1918–1991) |
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| Languages | Russianb | ||||
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Federal Marxist-Leninist one-party Soviet Socialist Republic (1917-1990) Federal multi-party Soviet-type parliamentary republic proclaimed democracy and separation of powers (1990-1991) |
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| 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 | 7 November 1917 | |||
| • | Soviet Republic proclaimed | 9 November 1917 | |||
| • | Admitted to the USSR | 30 December 1922 | |||
| • | Priority of Russian laws declared, partial cancellation of the Soviet form of government | 12 June 1990 | |||
| • | Agreement to dissolve the USSR was ratified (de facto Russia's independence declared) | 12 December 1991 | |||
| • | Russian SFSR renamed into the Russian Federation | 25 December 1991 | |||
| • | Self-dissolution of the USSR (de facto Russia's independence recognized) | 26 December 1991 | |||
| • | Complete abolition of the Soviet form of government (New constitution) | 25 December 1993 | |||
| Currency | Soviet ruble (руб) (SUR) | ||||
| Today part of |
 Russia Belarus China Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Mongolia Tajikistan Turkmenistan Ukraine Uzbekistan
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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 29 May 1990 to 10 July 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 19 January 1918, but actual sovereignty was still in the hands of the Soviets even after the Russian Constituent Assembly opened its first and last session. | |||||
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The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (Russian SFSR or RSFSR; Russian: Российская Советская Федеративная Социалистическая Республика, tr. Rossiyskaya Sovetskaya Federativnaya Sotsialisticheskaya Respublika 
listen ), also unofficially known as the Russian Federation, Soviet Russia or Russia (/ˈrʌʃə/; Russian: Росси́я, tr. Rossija; IPA: [rɐˈsʲijə]; from the Greek: Ρωσία — Rus'), was an independent state from 1917 to 1922, and afterwards the largest, most populous, and most economically developed union republic of the Soviet Union from 1922 to 1991 and then a sovereign part of the Soviet Union with priority of Russian laws over Union-level 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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