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No, the Soviet Union isn't Russia. The Soviet Union was dissolved in 1991. The Russian Federation was formed on December 25, 1991. Besides Russia, it consisted of other 14 republics, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belorussia, Kazahkstan, Kirgiziya, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Ukraine, Moldavia, Estonia, Georgia(not the US state), Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania.