Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic

American

[ruhsh-uhn soh-vee-it fed-uh-rey-tiv soh-shuh-list ri-puhb-lik] / ˈrʌʃ ən ˈsoʊ vi ɪt ˈfɛd əˌreɪ tɪv ˈsoʊ ʃə lɪst rɪˈpʌb lɪk /

noun

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 British

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic

First recorded in 1920–25

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Alongside him was Gen. Konstantin Kobets, defense minister of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, who ordered the armed forces to stand down.

From New York Times

Economics cannot be separated from politics, least of all in the Soviet Union, and in those terms the republic with most of the cards is Russia, officially called the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.

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