Soviet Russia can refer to one of several things:

• The term Soviet Russia is sometimes used as a synonym for the Soviet Union.
• Other times, Soviet Russia is used as a synonym for Bolshevist Russia, which is in itself an informal term referring to the Bolshevik side in the Russian Civil War.
• More accurately, the term Soviet Russia refers to the Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic (RSFSR). The RSFSR was officially founded in 1918, some months after the October Revolution of 1917. It was meant to encompass the lands inhabited by Russians, but, during the course of the Civil War, there were many Russian lands outside its control and many non-Russian lands within its control. This was remedied after the end of the Civil War, when the borders of the RSFSR we drawn to fit over the areas with a mostly Russian-speaking population, and the RSFSR became one of the founding republics of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics ("Soviet Union" or USSR).
• Soviet Russia was also a newspaper in the Soviet Union.
• Soviet Russia was also the name of a publishing house in the USSR.
• "In Soviet Russia..." can also be an allusion to a type of joke.

Look up Synonym on Wiktionary, the free dictionary Synonyms (in ancient Greek syn συν = plus and onoma όνομα = name) are different words with similar or identical meanings and are interchangable. ... Bolshevist Russia is a common term that refers to the Red side in the Russian government between the Bolsheviks October Revolution (November 7, 1917) and the constitution of the Soviet Union (December 30, 1922). ... Leaders of the Bolshevik Party and the Communist International, a painting by Malcolm McAllister on the Pathfinder Mural in New York City and on the cover of the book Lenin’s Final Fight published by Pathfinder. ... The Russian Civil War was fought between 1918 and 1922. ... State motto: Пролетарии всех стран, соединяйтесь! (Workers of the world, unite!) Official language None (Russian in practice) Capital Moscow (last) Chairman of the Supreme Council Boris Yeltsin Established In the USSR:  - Since  - Until November 7, 1917 December 30, 1922 December 12, 1991 Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 1st in former Soviet Union 17,075,200... 1918 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... The October Revolution, also known as the Bolshevik Revolution, was the second phase of the Russian Revolution of 1917, the first having been instigated by the events around the February Revolution. ... 1917 was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. ... State motto (Russian): Пролетарии всех стран, соединяйтесь! (Transliterated: Proletarii vsekh stran, soedinyaytes!) (Translated: Workers of the world, unite!) Capital Moscow Official language None; Russian (de facto) Government Federation of Socialist republics/ Communist state Area  - Total  - % water Largest on the planet 22,402,200 km² ?% Population  - Total  - Density 3rd before collapse 293,047,571 (July... Soviet Russia (Советская Россия in Russian, or Sovetskaya Rossiya) was a Soviet political newspaper. ... 1. ... Yakov Smirnoff (born January 24, 1951) is, according to his own description, a Russian-born American comedian. ... A joke is a short story or short series of words spoken or communicated with the intent of being laughed at or found humorous by the listener or reader. ...

See also

• History of Russia