The acronym USSR stands for Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, so we can see from the name alone that the USSR at least considered itself to be a socialist state. And yes, it was very definitely and extremely socialist.
Russia has had periods of socialism, the term "U.S.S.R." defines a period when the government in Russia had a "Socialist" administration, and a Democracy as its form of government. NOTE: The term...
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics or USSR for short was built up of several different countries mainly Russia. When the USSR collapsed these controlled territories were given their indepenance:...