Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic

[ ruhsh-uhn soh-vee-it fed-uh-rey-tiv soh-shuh-list ri-puhb-lik ]

noun

1. an independent socialist state 1917–22 and then the largest Soviet Socialist Republic of the Soviet Union 1922–91. : RSFSR, R.S.F.S.R.

Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic

noun

1. (formerly) the largest administrative division of the Soviet Union RSFSR

Word History and Origins

Origin of Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic¹

First recorded in 1920–25