Resources were taken from poor rural areas and distributed in cities.
1991 The USSR did not "turn into Russia." The USSR was a collection of many separate republics into one nation much like the United States is a collection of individual states into one nation. In 1991, the USSR broke up into 15 separate nations one of which was the Russian Federation.
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 "Soviet Union" did not just change its name to Russia. The Soviet Union had been a union of several different republics. It had first been formed by the union of four republics, Russia, the Ukraine, Belarus and the Transcaucasus Federation. Others were later added. In 1991, the Soviet Union broke apart into 15 separate countries, one of them being Russia. Russia then took back its old name.
Soviet Russia
In 1991, as a result of Gorbachev's reforms anti-communist factions fought the government and republics slipped away. So, in essence, the country was dying. The Soviet Union collapsed in 1991 and Boris Yeltsin, a strong anti-communist took power. The last president was Putin, and now it is Medvedev.
In 1922, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was formed as a merging of the following existing countries:Russian Soviet Federative Socialist RepublicTranscaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet RepublicUkrainian Soviet Socialist RepublicByelorussian Soviet Socialist RepublicThe Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic was formed in 1917, after the October Revolution, from most of the former Russian Republic, formerly known as the Russian Empire.
One major policy change made by the communist party in the newly formed Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was the introduction of the policy of collectivization in agriculture in the late 1920s. This policy aimed to consolidate small farms into large collective farms to increase efficiency and production, but it led to widespread resistance, famine, and loss of livelihoods for many peasants.
The Russian Empire changed its name to the Russian Socialist Federal Soviet Republic (RSFSR) in July 1918. It did not simply change its name to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. The USSR came about in December 1922, when the RSFSR joined with Ukraine, Belorussia and the Transcaucasus Federation to form the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
Russia had a major revolution in 1917 that started the communist government and the name of the country became the USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) or the Soviet Union. The czar Nicolas II was executed and Vladmir Lenin became the leader.
Lenin changed the name of Russia to the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (RSFSR) after the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917. This name reflected the new socialist government and its commitment to a federation of Soviet republics. The name was eventually used within the broader context of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), established in 1922.
1991 The USSR did not "turn into Russia." The USSR was a collection of many separate republics into one nation much like the United States is a collection of individual states into one nation. In 1991, the USSR broke up into 15 separate nations one of which was the Russian Federation.
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.
Ronald Regan was a strong leader and chief as President of the United States. US relations with the Soviet Union begged of Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin Wall. The Soviet Socialist Republics also withdrew from USSR dictation.
The "Soviet Union" did not just change its name to Russia. The Soviet Union had been a union of several different republics. It had first been formed by the union of four republics, Russia, the Ukraine, Belarus and the Transcaucasus Federation. Others were later added. In 1991, the Soviet Union broke apart into 15 separate countries, one of them being Russia. Russia then took back its old name.
Ronald Regan was a strong leader and chief as President of the United States. US relations with the Soviet Union begged of Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin wall. The Soviet Socialist Republics also withdrew from USSR dictation.
Soviet Russia
In 1991, as a result of Gorbachev's reforms anti-communist factions fought the government and republics slipped away. So, in essence, the country was dying. The Soviet Union collapsed in 1991 and Boris Yeltsin, a strong anti-communist took power. The last president was Putin, and now it is Medvedev.