First there was Russia, then there was the Soviet Union, now there's Russia again. The Soviet Union is no more. Russia is the name of the country now, as it was before.
The Soviet Union, or more formally the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics or USSR, was composed of 15 different republics, of which Russia was the most powerful. Now it has broken up into 15 independent nations.
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.
Russia was Russia before it formed the Soviet Union during its Communist period. Even then it was still called Russia but it was just part of a block of other communist countries which had the collective name, the Soviet Union.
Yes, Russia used to be know as the USSR, or Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
Russia IS the Soviet Union.
No, the Soviet Union no longer exists.
No. The Soviet Union broke up in 1991.
No. Russia was a member of the Soviet Union until 1991, when the Soviet Union collapsed.
There isn't soviet union anymore it was Russia and many other countries together but then they divided the soviet union. Most part of the soviet union was Russia.
it was the the soviet union
No one renamed the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union was dissolved by its member republics in December 1991. Russia was the largest Soviet republic and became, in a sense, the reincarnation of the Soviet Union. Boris Yeltsin was the president of Russia at the time, but did he rename the Soviet Union into Russia? Not really.Is it possible that the answer one is looking for is President Reagan, who dubbed the Soviet Union "An Evil Empire"?
It hasn't it is still a part of Russia till this day.
no, its not! The Soviet Union is Russia.
It's still somewhere in the Russia. The Soviet Union no longer exists. The countries that made up the Soviet Union are located in Europe and Asia.
No. Russia was a member of the Soviet Union until 1991, when the Soviet Union collapsed.
In 1917 the Soviet Union was created by Russia.
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, otherwise known as the Soviet Union, Soviet Russia, or the U.S.S.R.
The Iron Curtain countries were the Soviet Union, controlled by Russia.
There isn't soviet union anymore it was Russia and many other countries together but then they divided the soviet union. Most part of the soviet union was Russia.
The Soviet Union was a socialist state that existed from 1922 to 1991, consisting of various republics including Soviet Russia. Soviet Russia, established in 1917, was one of the republics within the Soviet Union and eventually became the Russian Federation after the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991.
The Soviet Union (or Russia)
The Soviet Union/ Russia
No, it isn't. At the time the Soviet Union was still in existence, "Russia" was one part of the Soviet Union, although by far the largest and most dominant. In December 1922, Russia, then known as the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, joined with Ukraine, Belorussia and the Transcaucasus Federation to form the Soviet Union. After that over time, the Soviet Union annexed or took under its control many other nearby republics, such as Uzbekistan, Khazakstan and others.
In United States, you present Soviet Union. But in Soviet Russia, it present you!