Russian SFSR

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Russian Soviet
Federative Socialist Republic
Росси́йская Сове́тская
Федерати́вная Социалисти́ческая
Респу́блика

1917 — 1991


Flag	Coat of arms

State motto:
Russian: Пролетарии всех стран, соединяйтесь!
Translation: Workers of the world, unite!

Capital

Moscow

Official language

Russian

Established
In the USSR:
- Since
- Until

November 7, 1917

November 7, 1917
December 12, 1991 (independence)

Area
- Total
- Water (%)

Ranked 1st in the USSR
17,075,200 km²
13%

Population
- Total
- Density

Ranked 1st in the USSR
147,386,000
8.6/km²

Currency

rouble (рубль)

Time zone

UTC + 2 to + 11 (modern Russia is + 3 to + 12)

Anthem

The Internationale (1922-1944)
Hymn of the Soviet Union (1944-1991) listen (help·info)

Medals

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The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic or Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic (RSFSR) (Росси́йская Сове́тская Федерати́вная Социалисти́ческая Респу́блика, РСФСР) was the largest and most populous of the 15 Soviet republics, and became the Russian Federation after the collapse of the Soviet Union.

[edit] History

Main article: History of the Soviet Union

The RSFSR was established on November 7, 1917, and on July 10, 1918 the 1918 Soviet Constitution was accepted. It became part of the Soviet Union in 1922, an act formalised by the 1924 Soviet Constitution. In English, the term Bolshevist Russia is commonly used for the period 1917–1922. In Russian official documents of the time it was referred to as Russian Republic (Российская республика) and Soviet Republic (Советская республика).

The country was run by the Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian SFSR, its most recent title. Its capital was Moscow, also the capital of the Soviet Union.

Nikita Khrushchev transferred Crimea from the Russian SFSR to the Ukrainian SSR in 1955.

The RSFSR ceased to be a part of the Soviet Union on December 12, 1991, 14 days before the Soviet Union ceased to exist. It was renamed the Russian Federation under the leadership of President Boris Yeltsin, in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) until 1993.