When did Russia become the USSR?

Also to know is, when did the Soviet Union become Russia?

It existed from 1922 until 1991. It was the first country to declare itself socialist and build towards a communist society. It was a union of 14 Soviet Socialist Republics and one Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (Russia). The Soviet Union was created about five years after the Russian Revolution.

Also, what was Russia before USSR? Before and during its membership in the Soviet Union in 1922, Russia went by the long name Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, RSFSR for short, often called Bolshevik Russia while it was independent, or the Russian Soviet republic afterwards.

In this regard, why did Russia become USSR?

The Soviet Union had its roots in the 1917 October Revolution, when the Bolsheviks, led by Vladimir Lenin, overthrew the Russian Provisional Government which had replaced the autocratic regime of Tsar Nicholas II during World War I. In 1922, after a civil war ending in the Bolsheviks' victory, the USSR was formed by a

Why did USSR break up?

Gorbachev's decision to allow elections with a multi-party system and create a presidency for the Soviet Union began a slow process of democratization that eventually destabilized Communist control and contributed to the collapse of the Soviet Union.