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- The RSFSR was the largest of the fifteen republics that made up the USSR, accounting for over 60% of its GDP and over 50% of its population. Russians also dominated the Soviet military and the Communist Party.
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The RSFSR dominated the Soviet Union to such an extent that for most of the Soviet Union's existence, it was commonly, but incorrectly, referred [by whom?] to as Russia; this position is comparable to that of England within the United Kingdom.
The Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic, or RSFSR, formed on November 7, 1917, was one of the four original republics in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics when the latter was founded by treaty in December 1922. The RSFSR's establishment was later confirmed in the 1924 constitution.
The Russian SFSR dominated the Soviet Union to such an extent that for most of the Soviet Union's existence, it was commonly, but incorrectly, referred to as Russia. According to historian Matthew White, it was an open secret that the country's federal structure was "window dressing" for Russian dominance.
In June 1990, the RSFSR issued the Declaration of State Sovereignty of the Russian SFSR, which prioritized the republican laws over the laws of the Soviet Union. Mikhail Gorbachev, who was...
The RSFSR was the largest of the fifteen republics that made up the USSR, accounting for over 60% of its GDP and over 50% of its population. Russians also dominated the Soviet military and the Communist Party.