For the first time the term "Russia" (Gk. Ρωσία, Rosia) is found in the writings of the Byzantine Emperor Constantine Porphyrogenitus, "On ceremonies" and "On the control of the empire" as the Greek name of Russia [19]. Subsequently, the term "Russia" (in the old spelling Rossіya or Rossіa) was fixed for the North-Eastern Rus, which was not included in the part of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Moscow principality was united into a single state. As a Hellenized name Rus it was used during the time of Ivan III, and the official status of the word "Russia" acquired after the wedding of Ivan IV to the throne in 1547, when the state became known as the Russian realm [20]. In Western Europe, in relation to Russia in XVI-XVII centuries in parallel with the Latinized Greek Russia used the Polish-Lithuanian term "Muscovy".
Under Peter I in 1721 was proclaimed the Russian Empire. Russia was declared a republic September 1, 1917, although in fact it was the March 3, 1917 as a result of the February Revolution. From January 10, 1918 - RSFSR. December 30, 1922 became part of the RSFSR formed on this day USSR, which took over the functions of a number of its largest country (so, the RSFSR until 1990, unlike the other republics, it was not his Communist Party, some ministries and so on. N., And also the anthem). During this period, has sometimes used the name "Russian Federation" - the Constitution of the RSFSR in 1918 and unofficially. [21]
June 12, 1990 I Congress of People's Deputies of the RSFSR adopted the Declaration of State Sovereignty of the RSFSR, but in the draft Constitution adopted by the Constitutional Commission of the RSFSR working substrate 12 October 1990, was supposed to refer to the state of the Russian Federation. December 7-8, 1991 in the Bialowieza Forest hosted a meeting of the heads of Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, which was witnessed by the demise of the Soviet Union and announced the formation of the CIS. Thereafter, December 25, 1991 was renamed the Russian Federation to the Russian Federation (Russia); this title was secured VI Congress of People's Deputies of the Russian Federation in April 1992 [22] and confirmed in force December 25, 1993 the current Constitution of Russian