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Ukraine SSR

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 Order of Lenin
 Hero of the USSR Four Hero City awards

Ukraine (Listeni/juːˈkrn/; 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.


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