Soviet Russia

Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
Russian: Российская Советская Федеративная Социалистическая Республика Rossiyskaya Sovetskaya Federativnaya Sotsialisticheskaya Respublika
Sovereign state (1917–1922, 1991–1993) Soviet Socialist Republic (1922–1991) De facto sovereign entity (1990–1991)
1917–1993
Top: Flag (1954–1991) Bottom: Flag (1991–1993) State Emblem (1978–1993)
Motto Пролетарии всех стран, соединяйтесь! (Russian) Proletarii vsekh stran, soyedinyaytes'! (transliteration) "Workers of the world, unite!"
Anthem Worker's Marseillaise (1917–1918) The Internationale (1918–1944) National Anthem of the Soviet Union (1944–1990) The Patriotic Song (1990–1993)a
Extent of the Russian SFSR (red) within the Soviet Union (red and white) following World War II (1956).
Capital		Petrograd (1917–1918) Moscow (March 1918–1993)
Languages		Official languages: Russianb Minority languages: Abaza · Adyghe · Altai · Bashkir · Buryat · Chechen · Cherkess · Chuvash · Crimean Tatar · Erzya · Finnish · Ingush · Kabardian · Kalmyk · Karachay-Balkar · Kazakh · Khakas · Kirghiz · Komi · Korean · Hill Mari · Meadow Mari · Moksha · Mongolian · Ossetian · Tajik · Tatar · Turkmen · Tuvan · Udmurt · Ukrainian · Uzbek · Volga German · Yakut
Demonym		Russian Soviet
Government		Federal Marxist-Leninist one-party soviet socialist republic (1917-91) Federal presidential soviet constitutional republic (1991-93)
Head of state
•	1917 (first)	Lev Kamenevc
•	1990–1993 (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) Supreme Soviet (Russian Federation) (1991–96)
Historical era		World War I / Interwar period / World War II / Cold War
•	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
•	Renamed Russian Federation	December 25, 1991
•	Constitutional crisis	September 21, 1993
•	New Constitution	December 12, 1993
Currency		Soviet ruble (руб) (SUR) (1922-92; Union-wide) Russian ruble (RUR) (1992-93)
Preceded by Succeeded by Russian Republic Soviet Union Soviet Union Russia Chechen Republic of Ichkeria
Today part of		Russia  Republic of China (Taiwan) (Disputed)  Japan (Disputed)
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
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 and 1991-93, 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.