By 1922, the Russian socialist revolutionaries who had taken over Russia were known as "Communists." They had been the "Bolsheviks" until they held their Seventh Party Congress in March 1918 and adopted the name Communists. There had been other revolutionary parties, (one was the "Social Revolutionaries") besides the Bolsheviks, but the Bolsheviks were the only ones that survived until 1922.
The first new name of Russia was the Russian Soviet Federal Socialist Republic, which was adopted in July 1918. In 1922, the RSFSP joined with Ukraine, Belorussia and the Transcaucasus Federation (Georgia, Armenia an Azerbaijan) to become a new nation, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). Russia's name was not just changed to the USSR.
The Russian Socialists called Russia The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics or the USSR for short.The USSR was not just a new name given to Russia after the revolution.The first new name for Russia was the Russian Soviet Federal Socialist Republic(RSFSR) so named in the new Constitution in July 1918. In 1922, the RSFSR joined with Ukraine, Georgia and the Transcaucasus Federation (Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan) to form a new nation, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
No new name was given in 1922. In July 1918, the now ruling Bolsheviks/ Communists adopted the name "Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic" as a new name for Russia. Afterwards, in 1924, the RSFSR entered into the Soviet Union Treaty with Ukraine, Belorussia and the Transcaucasian Federation (Georgia, Azerbaijan and Armenia) and formed the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the USSR.
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics or the USSR, was formed in 1922. when Russia merged with the Republic of Ukraine.
The first soviet socialist republics in 1922 were Russia, Ukraine, Belorussia and the Transcaucasus Federation (Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan).
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Union of Soviet Socialist Republics -USSR
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, otherwise known as the Soviet Union, Soviet Russia, or the U.S.S.R.
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. The country existed from 1922 to 1991, mostly in the place where Russia exists today.
After the October Revolution, Russia became the Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic. In December 1922, it joined with Ukraine, Belorussia and the Transcaucasus Federation (Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan) to form the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
Right after the October Revolution, in 1918 Russia was renamed the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic. In 1922 it joined with the republics of Ukraine, Belorussia and the Transcaucasus Federation (Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan) to form the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the Soviet Union. "Russia" was not simply renamed the Soviet Union.