Soviet Ukraine

Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
Ukrainian: Українська Радянська Соціалістична Республіка Russian: Украинская Советская Социалистическая Республика
1919–1991
Flag State emblem
Motto Пролетарі всіх країн, єднайтеся! (Ukrainian) "Proletari vsikh krayin, yednaitesia!" (transliteration) "Workers of the world, unite!"
Anthem Державний гімн Української Радянської Соціалістичної Республіки  (Ukrainian) Derzhavnyy himn Ukrayins'koyi Radyans'koyi Sotsialistychnoyi Respubliky  (transliteration) National Anthem of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
Location of the Ukrainian SSR within the Soviet Union from 1954.
Capital		Kharkiv (1919–1934) Kiev (1934–1991)
Languages		Ukrainian (official since 1990)a Languages: Ukrainian · Russian
Government		Unitary Marxist-Leninist one party Soviet socialist republic
First Secretary
•	1918–1919 (first)	Emanuel Kviring
•	1990–1991 (last)	Stanislav Hurenko
Head of government
•	1919–1923 (first)	Christian Rakovsky
•	1988–1991 (last)	Vitold Fokin
Head of state
•	1919–1938 (first)	Grigory Petrovsky
•	1990–1991 (last)	Leonid Kravchuk
Legislature		Supreme Soviet
Historical era		20th century
•	Republic declared	10 March 1919
•	Admitted to USSR	30 December 1922
•	Annexation of Western Ukraine	15 November 1939
•	UN membership	24 October 1945
•	Independence declared	24 August 1991
•	Independence referendum	1 December 1991
Area
•	1989 census	603,700 km² (233,090 sq mi)
Population
•	1989 census est.	51,706,746
Density		85.6 /km²  (221.8 /sq mi)
Currency		Soviet karbovanets
Calling code		+7 03/04/05/06
Preceded by Succeeded by Ukrainian People's Republic Free Territory Second Polish Republic Kingdom of Romania Moldavian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic Reichskommissariat Ukraine General Government Polish People's Republic Carpathian Ruthenia Crimean Oblast Kingdom of Romania Ukrainian National Government Transnistria Governorate Reichskommissariat Ukraine General Government Polish People's Republic Ukraine
Today part of		Ukraine  Russia (some parts disputed)  Moldova  Poland
a.	Law of Ukraine "About languages of the Ukrainian SSR"
Order of Lenin   Four Hero City awards

Ukraine (ⁱ/juːˈkreɪn/; Ukrainian: Україна, tr. Ukrayina [ukrɑˈjinɑ]) is the common English name for the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (Ukrainian SSR or UkrSSR or UkSSR; Ukrainian: Украї́нська Радя́нська Соціалісти́чна Респу́бліка, Украї́нська РСР; Russian: Украи́нская Сове́тская Социалисти́ческая Респу́блика, Украи́нская ССР; see "Name" section below), covering the period of Ukrainian history as a sovereign state in 1919–22 , and a Soviet socialist state as one of the constituent republics of the Soviet Union from its inception in 1922 to its breakup in 1991. It is referred to sometimes as Soviet Ukraine by some historians.