Ukrainian Socialist Soviet Republic
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Ukrainian: Українська Радянська Соціалістична Республіка Russian: Украинская Советская Социалистическая Республика |
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Motto Пролетарі всіх країн, єднайтеся! (Ukrainian) "Proletari vsikh krayin, yednaitesia!" (transliteration) "Workers of the world, unite!" |
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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 |
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 Location of the Ukrainian SSR within the Soviet Union from 1954
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| Capital |
Kharkiv (1919–1934) Kiev (1934–1991) |
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| Languages |
Ukrainian (official since 1990)a Languages: Ukrainian · Russian |
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| 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 | |||
| • | Admitted to the United Nations | 24 October 1945 | |||
| • | Independence declared | 24 August 1991 | |||
| • | Independence referendum | 1 December 1991 | |||
| Area | |||||
| • | 1989 census | 603,700 km2 (233,100 sq mi) | |||
| Population | |||||
| • | 1989 census est. | 51,706,746 | |||
| Density | 86/km2 (222/sq mi) | ||||
| Currency | Soviet karbovanets | ||||
| Calling code | +7 03/04/05/06 | ||||
| Today part of |
 Ukraine Russia (some parts disputed) Moldova Poland
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| a. | Law of Ukraine "About languages of the Ukrainian SSR" | ||||
 Order of Lenin Four Hero City awards |
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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), commonly referred to in English as Ukraine (/juːˈkreɪn/; Ukrainian: Україна, tr. Ukrayina [ukrɑˈjinɑ]), was one of the constituent republics of the Soviet Union from its inception in 1922 to its breakup in 1991. From 1919–22 it was a sovereign state. Throughout this period Ukraine was referred to as a Soviet socialist state. It is referred to sometimes as Soviet Ukraine by some historians. The republic was governed by the Communist Party of Ukraine as an unitary socialist republic.
The Ukrainian SSR was a founding member of the United Nations, although it was legally represented by the All-Union state in its affairs with countries outside of the Soviet Union. Upon the Soviet Union's dissolution and perestroika, the Ukrainian SSR was transformed into the modern nation-state and renamed itself to Ukraine, although Ukraine's new constitution was only ratified on 28 June 1996.
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