title: From Russianisation to Legalisation: Russia and the Question of Successor State to the Soviet Union
abstract: For some supposedly obvious -or oblivious -reasons, Russia is almost always referred to as the successor State to the defunct Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, USSR, just as the USSR itself was the successor to Tsarist Russia. Following the February Revolution and the 15 March 1917 abdication of Emperor Nicolas II, the three-century old Romanov dynasty was thrown off the throne. Also in the same manner, following the October Revolution and the overthrow of the Alexander Kerensky-led Provision
journal: Journal of Siberian Federal University Humanities & Social Sciences