Decipherment of "RSFSR" until 1937 and after

Russia, Russia, the Russian Empire - this was the name of our country until October 1917 (according to the Gregorian style). Actually, the enumeration of titles of the Emperor of the Emperor took a lot of time during solemn rituals, he was the ruler of the Great, Malaya and Belaya Rus, the king of Poland, the Grand Duke of Finland, the king of Georgia and so on.

After the overthrow of the autocrat, the borders of the country narrowed somewhat, in February 1917 the crown disappeared from the double-headed eagle , the Russian Republic was founded. In the autumn, a procession of Soviet power began, later called "triumphal", as a result of which the proletarian red flag rose over the remaining part of the huge power that still remained. This fact required the change of the name of the country.

What before 1937 was the deciphering of the RSFSR

To name something, but how? The name of the first socialist state must clearly define its strategic goals, it can not be done with one word or two.

In the first twenty years of communist rule, the usual abbreviation for fellow citizens had another, albeit similar in meaning, interpretation. The RSFSR first became "socialist", and only then "Soviet" and federal. " When the Constitution of 1937 was adopted, two words were exchanged. Why was this done? Someone will say that just like that, and in general, what a difference. However, it should be remembered, in honor of whom this fundamental law was named, and realize that this person, when he did something, had a definite purpose. So it was done for a reason. Somehow the name "Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic" Joseph Vissarionovich did not suit. With what?

Still, Russia

On the question of what is fighting for, every participant in the four-year fratricidal slaughter, whether he was a White Guard or a Red Army soldier, usually answered: "For Russia," or even: "For Raseyushka." Despite the lengthy destructive agitation that led to the confusion of minds, most citizens retained a sense of love for their homeland, also called patriotism. Therefore, a new name without this geographical concept could not do. The Bolsheviks loved abbreviations and abbreviations, and when they are compiled, the sequence in which they were deciphered is important. The RSFSR was based on the territory of Russia, hence the first letter "R".

The Socialist Soviet Republic

The main thing in determining the socialist social formation is the question of ownership of the means of production. The capitalists and landowners took away plants and lands. The people did not have time to pass them on, either, or they forgot. The peasants were driven to the collective farms, the workers were forced to work in their own factories, and they became much worse off than before, you might say, half-starving. Often completely from hunger chubby. Sometimes they died from it, and massively, and in the Kuban, and in Ukraine, and in the Volga region, and everywhere. At the same time, people were consulted with the people, of course, representatives in the parliament (the People's Council of People's Deputies) were, no one argues. Delegates have always approved everything.

Federated

The same Secretary-General, namely, JV Stalin, became the founder of the Leninist national policy. The right of peoples to self-determination was one of the pieces of cheese in a huge mousetrap, built by the Bolsheviks. Be ours, red, and you can even separate from us, "communists said to the nationalist-minded marginal proletarians and peasants. If you want, of course. All the republics that were newly created on the vast expanses of Russia were promised good things, and the country was to become federated. The letter "F" has such a decoding. The RSFSR released all oppressed peoples who did not want to be with Russia any more. At first it happened, Finland, Poland, Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia left. The Red Army did not have the strength to retain these territories then.

1937 Russia is first of all Soviet!

In 1937 the mass replenishment of the harmonious ranks of the Soviet republics was already in full swing. Two years later it happened. Realizing the principle of voluntary adherence to the USSR, it included the Baltic countries, Moldova (part of Romania at that time) and Western Ukraine. With Finland, of course, it was not quite what the calculation was. All the same, soon all countries will become socialist, on the rights of union republics. They will become Soviet, the same as the RSFSR. The years of a difficult struggle for the people's power have taught that it is safer. In the name of Soviet Russia, only two letters were rearranged, and then very few people paid attention to such an insignificant fact.