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2 days ago · On 24 December 1991, the Russian SFSR – now renamed the Russian Federation – with the concurrence of the other republics of the Commonwealth of Independent States, informed the United Nations that it would inherit the Soviet Union's membership in the UN – including the Soviet Union's permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council.
- 19-22 August 1991 (4 days)
- Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
3 days ago · Soviet Union (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; U.S.S.R.), former northern Eurasian empire (1917/22–1991) stretching from the Baltic and Black seas to the Pacific Ocean and, in its final years, consisting of 15 Soviet Socialist Republics.
2 days ago · The Committee for State Security ( Russian: Комитет государственной безопасности (КГБ), romanized :Komitet gosudarstvennoy bezopasnosti ( KGB ), IPA: [kəmʲɪˈtʲed ɡəsʊˈdarstvʲɪn (ː)əj bʲɪzɐˈpasnəsʲtʲɪ] ⓘ) was the main security agency for the Soviet Union from 13 March 1954 until 3 December 1991.
1 day ago · Following the Russian Civil War, the Russian SFSR established the Soviet Union with three other Soviet republics, within which it was the largest and principal constituent. At the expense of millions of lives , the Soviet Union underwent rapid industrialisation in the 1930s and later played a decisive role for the Allies in World War II by leading large-scale efforts on the Eastern Front .
Jun 19, 2024 · Coordinates: Approximately 48°42′N 44°31′E. Position: Stalingrad is situated on the western bank of the Volga River, one of the longest and most significant rivers in Russia. Region: It lies in the Volgograd Oblast (region) within the Russian SFSR (Soviet Federative Socialist Republic) during the time of the battle.
2 days ago · The Soviet Union was formed in 1922 by a treaty between the Soviet republics of Byelorussia, Russian SFSR (RSFSR), Transcaucasian Federation, and Ukraine, by which they became its constituent republics of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (Soviet Union).
Jun 21, 2024 · the Russian SFSR, Ukrainian SSR, Byelorussian SSR and Transcaucasian SFSR constituted a federation in accordance with the Declaration of the Creation of the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics and the Treaty on the Creation of the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics adopted by the plenipotentiaries of the Soviet republics at the ...
