Remained the national anthem of Russia until 2000.; Official language in the courts from 1937. As Chairman of the VTsIK (All-Russian Central Executive Committee).As chairman the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR from 29 May 1990 to 10 July 1991, then as President.; As Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the Russian SFSR; As Chairmen of the Council of …

The Presidium of the Supreme Soviet (Russian: Президиум Верховного Совета, romanized: Prezidium Verkhovnogo Soveta) was a body of state power in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). The presidium was elected by joint session of both houses of the Supreme Soviet to act on its behalf while the Supreme Soviet was not in session.

The Supreme Soviet was composed of two chambers, each with equal legislative powers, with members elected for four-year terms: The Soviet of the Union, elected on the basis of the population with one deputy for every 300,000 people in the Soviet federation.; The Soviet of Nationalities, which represented the ethnic populations as units, with members elected on the …

Tensions grew between the Union-wide authorities under Gorbachev, reformists led in Russia by Boris Yeltsin and controlling the newly elected Supreme Soviet of the Russian SFSR, and communist hardliners. On 19–21 August 1991, a group of hardliners staged a coup attempt.

The following is a list of leaders of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (Russian SFSR).It lists heads of state, heads of government, and heads of the local branch of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.Commonly referred to as Soviet Russia or simply Russia, the Russian SFSR was a sovereign state in 1917–1922, the largest, most populous, and most …

On 12 December, the Supreme Soviet of the Russian SFSR formally ratified the Belavezha Accords, denounced the 1922 Union Treaty, and recalled the Russian deputies from the Supreme Soviet of the USSR. The legality of this ratification raised doubts among some members of the Russian parliament, since according to the Constitution of the RSFSR of ...

Generally, the Soviet period was the most fruitful in the history of the Russian (Soviet, at these times) Academy of Sciences and is now recalled with nostalgia by many Russian scientists. Post-Soviet period. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, by decree of the President of Russia of December 2, 1991, the academy again became the Russian ...

The Council of People's Commissars of the Russian Soviet Republic became the new governmental body, which was chaired from 1917–24 by Lenin. That body was renamed Council of Ministers following a decree of the Supreme Council on 23 March 1946. The same was made in other republics of the Soviet Union.

Gorbachev finally resigned on December 25, 1991, and the following day the Supreme Soviet, the highest governmental body, dissolved itself, officially ending the Soviet Union's existence. For the next year and a half various attempts were made to keep the Soviet military in existence as the United Armed Forces of the Commonwealth of Independent ...

The Russian Civil War (Russian: Гражданская война в России, tr. Grazhdanskaya voyna v Rossii; 7 November 1917 — 16 June 1923) was a multi-party civil war in the former Russian Empire sparked by the overthrowing of the monarchy and the new republican government's failure to maintain stability, as many factions vied to ...