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The '''Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic''' ('''RSFSR'''),{{Efn|Russian: '''Росси́йская Социалисти́ческая Федерати́вная Сове́тская Респу́блика'''}} known as the '''Russian Soviet Republic''' or simply '''Soviet Russia''', was an independent [[socialist state]] formed during the [[Great October Socialist Revolution]] in 1917. It was [[Vanguardism|headed]] by the [[All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks)|Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks)]] who united the [[proletariat]] into one of the first [[Dictatorship of the proletariat|dictatorships of the proletariat]] in history. The RSFSR would be reconstituted as a [[Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic|constituency]] of the [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics]] with its formation in 1922.

== See also ==

* [[Great October Socialist Revolution]]
* [[Russian Civil War]]
* [[New Economic Policy]] 
* [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics]]
* [[Bolsheviks]]

== References ==

=== Notes ===
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