Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic
Abbreviation
- RSFSR
- Russian SFSR
Other names
Until July 1918:
- Soviet Russia
- Russian Soviet Republic
- Russian Socialist Republic
- Russian Federative Republic
Since 1936:
- Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
Period of existence
October 1917 – December 1991
State symbols
Flag of the Russian SFSR (1918–1937)
Vladimir Lenin. Photo by Victor Bulla. Moscow. March 1919.
SMPHR. F.III-38725
Vladimir Lenin (Ulyanov) (1870–1924), revolutionary, the leader of the Bolshevik Party.
The founder and de facto leader of the world’s first socialist state, the Russian SFSR. In 1917–1924,
he was Chairman of the Council of People’s Commissars of the Russian SFSR.
Yakov Sverdlov, Chairman of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee. Photo by Pyotr Otsup.
Moscow. Early 1919.
SMPHR. F.III-10291
Сover of the Constitution of the Russian SFSR.
Moscow. 1918.
SMPHR. F.II-11160
Poster. “RSFSR”.
ROSTA Posters (ROSTA Windows). 1919.
SMPHR. F.V-392
ROSTA windows is a series of propaganda posters published by the Russian Telegraph Agency (ROSTA) in 1919–1921.
Currency note of the Russian SFSR, 10,000 roubles, series of 1919.
SMPHR. F.VIII Vs-592/1
Issued in 1921–1922
Propaganda porcelain plate. “Workers of the world, unite! The fight will give birth to heroes. Russian SFSR”. Designed by Mikhail Adamovich, made by Ekaterina Yakimovskaya.
The State porcelain factory. Petrograd. 1921.
SMPHR. F.I-14
Reds
Reds
