When was the USSR founed?

Answer 1

other way around dummy

*Ahem*

The Russian Empire ceased to exist after the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II. On 14 September 1917, the newly formed Directorate had dissolved the State Duma and had declared the formation of the Russian Republic. However, it was short lived and on 9 November of the same year, the Soviets took control and the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (RSFSR) was formed.

The USSR was formed on 30 December 1922 with the signing of the Treaty on the Creation of the USSR. This Treaty legalized the creation of a union of several Soviet Republics into the USSR. The signatories to this treaty were Russia SFSR, Ukraine SSR, Byelorussian (Belarus) SSR and Transcaucasian SFSR. In 1940, the Baltic States were annexed and were transformed into Lithuanian SSR, Estonia SSR and Latvian SSR. Later that year, the Moldovian SSR is formed from the Ukrainian administered Moldavian ASSR and annexed Romanian territory of Bessarabia. The Karelo-Finnish ASSR briefly became a republic from March 31, 1940- July 16, 1956. The Treaty was terminated on December 25, 1991 at the Dissolution of the USSR.

Answer 2

1917 communism; 1922 added new Socialist Republics.

Answer 3

The USSR emerged out of the Russian Civil war in 1922.