Russian SFSR (TheodoresTomfooleries)
Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Союз Советских Социалистических Республик | |
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| Motto: "Пролетарии всех стран, соединяйтесь!" | |
| Anthem: State Anthem of the Soviet Union | |
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| Capital and largest city | Moscow |
| Official languages | Russian |
| Recognised languages | see Languages of Russia |
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| Religion | Secularism (de-jure) State atheism (de-facto) |
| Demonym(s) | Russian |
| Government | Federal Marxist-Leninist one-party parliamentary socialist soviet directorial republic |
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| Legislature | Supreme Soviet |
| Union Republic of the Soviet Union (1922 - ) | |
| Area | |
• Total | 17,125,200 km2 (6,612,100 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• 2022 census | 186,054,591 |
• Density | 10.86/km2 (28.1/sq mi) |
| Currency | Soviet Ruble (SUR) |
| Time zone | UTC+2-12 |
| Date format | CE, mm dd yyyy |
| Driving side | right |
| Calling code | +7 |
| ISO 3166 code | RU |
| Internet TLD | .su |
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The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (RSFSR, Russian SFSR), often shortened as "Russia" or "Russian Federation" is a constituent member of the Soviet Union as its largest and most populous republic. By area, it is the world's largest first-level administrative division by area and the most populated, with an area of over 17 million square kilometers and a population of 186.054 million recorded in the 2022 census.
The country's most ethnically diverse republic, Russia is home to over 193 different ethnic groups, the largest of which are Russians. The republic is home to many Turkic groups as well which make up around 9% of Russia's total population.
Formerly a sovereign state and the first constitutionally socialist nation as the Russian Soviet Republic (later Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic) from 1917 until 1922, Russia was one of the founding members of the Soviet Union alongside Byelorussia, Ukraine, and Transcaucasia. From its territory would also emerge the union republics of Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kirghizia and Turkmenia, as well as the short lived Karelo-Finnish SSR. Russia saw intense fighting during the Second World War, seeing nearly 14 million people die during the Nazi invasion. After the war, Crimea was handed over to Ukraine. Russia currently sits, de-facto, as the "leader of the Soviet Union", due to making up most of the union's population, economy, and area. Due to this, the Soviet Union is given the common misnomer of "Russia" or "Soviet Russia"; despite Russia only being one of 14 constituent republics.
Etymology and Names
"Russia" is derived from the term Rus', the term given to the area mainly populated by the East Slavs. This term became more popular in later history, and the country was referred to as "Rus' land" by its inhabitants. Rus' itself originates from the Norse Rus' people, a group of merchants and warriors who established a state centered on Novgorod that later expanded to become the Kievan Rus'. The modern spelling of Russia, Rossiya, originates from the Medieval Greek term for the Rus', "Ρωσσία" or Rossía.
Soviet Russia originally had no name; its members often referred to the Bolshevik-run state as the Russian Republic. It was later christened as the Russian Soviet Republic on January 25th, 1918- later in the year this was changed to the Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic. With the Soviet Constitution of 1936, the "Socialist" and "Soviet" were swapped, resulting in the republic's modern name.