Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic

The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic was the largest republic of the Soviet Union.

History
The Russian SFSR elected Boris Yeltsin, a rival of Mikhail Gorbachev, the leader of the Soviet Union. The two entered a power struggle, and the Russian SFSR went behind Gorbachev's back to make a deal with Ukraine and Belarus to dissolve the Soviet Union, much to Gorbachev's dismay.

Appearances

 * The Cold War (Part 2)