The core of the USSR, the Russian Federation.
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When the USSR ceased to exist in 1991, Russia became the obvious successor to the Soviet legacy - historically, territorially, militarily, etc. Boris Yeltsin was the President of Russia at the time, and in that sense can be considered Gorbachev's successor.
Galba's successor was Otho.
Charlemagne's successor was Louis the Pious.
The choosing to name Imperial Russia's successor the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was based on the initial signatories of its founding. The provinces/states of Belarus, Ukraine and Russia were the first signers, and thus the founding Republics.
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