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Is the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics Russia?

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No, it is not. Russia was one part of the Soviet Union when the USSR was first formed in 1922. The other parts were Ukraine, Belarus and the Transcaucasus Federation. After that the new Soviet Union absorbed other republics into it over time. The "Soviet Union" is not just another name for Russia, but the names have been used interchangeably although erroneously because Russia had always dominated the Soviet Union and its various republics.

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