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Questions about Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic

Short answers, pulled from the story.

When was the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic founded?

The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic was proclaimed on the 7th of November 1917, immediately after the October Revolution overthrew the interim Russian Provisional Government led by Alexander Kerensky. The formal name was established on the 25th of January 1918 at the third meeting of the All-Russian Congress of Soviets.

How large was the Russian SFSR compared to other Soviet republics?

The Russian SFSR covered about 17,125,200 square kilometres, making it the largest of the fifteen Soviet republics. Its nearest rival in size was the Kazakh SSR to its south.

Who signed the Belovezha Accords that dissolved the Soviet Union?

On the 8th of December 1991, at Viskuli near Brest in Belarus, Boris Yeltsin of Russia, Ukrainian President Leonid Kravchuk, and Belarusian leader Stanislav Shushkevich signed the Belovezha Accords. The document declared the Soviet Union no longer existed as a subject of international law and established the Commonwealth of Independent States in its place.

When did the Russian SFSR become the Russian Federation?

On the 25th of December 1991, hours after Mikhail Gorbachev resigned as President of the Soviet Union, the Russian SFSR was renamed the Russian Federation. The renaming was formally confirmed by the Congress of People's Deputies on the 21st of April 1992, with the amendment entering force on the 16th of May 1992.

What was the GOELRO plan in the Russian SFSR?

GOELRO stood for the State Commission for Electrification of Russia and was one of the Soviet government's first major economic programs. The national power output of Imperial Russia was 1.9 billion kilowatt-hours in 1913; Lenin's target of 8.8 billion kilowatt-hours was declared met by 1931, rising further to 48 billion kilowatt-hours by 1940.

What happened to the Chechen-Ingush ASSR under Stalin?

On the 3rd of March 1944, Stalin ordered the disbandment of the Chechen-Ingush Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic and the forcible deportation of its entire population, accused of collaborating with German invaders. The territory was divided between other administrative units of the Russian SFSR and the Georgian SSR. Khrushchev restored the republic on the 9th of January 1957.