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

Example Sentences

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

Nevertheless, 3.6 million "Russians" living in Ukraine were born in Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, they are migrants.

From Economist

Those were among the put-downs of the newly elected president of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic that came sluicing anonymously out of the U.S.

From Time Magazine Archive

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.

From Time Magazine Archive