In 1922, the russian empire was officially changed to the union of socialist soviet republic by the bolsheviks after the russian revolution.

False. The empire ended with the overthrow of the last Czar and establishment of the [first] Russian Republic in 1917. It was the Republic which was changed to the USSR

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it's a secular holiday. it is and was a custom developed to recognize the ending of a time and a wish for a good future. the kind of kiss you exchange, if you are single, is intended to predict what kind of year you will have in the coming year.

it is saying good bye to the last year with all its ups and downs, and hello to the new year, with all its hopes and dreams.