Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic

Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
Russian: Украинская Советская Социалистическая Республика Ukrainian: Українська Радянська Соціалістична Республіка
Sovereign state (1919–22) Soviet Socialist Republic (1922–91) De facto sovereign entity (1990–91)
1919–1991
Top: Flag (1950–1991) Bottom: Flag (1991–1992) State emblem (1946–1992)
Motto Пролетарі всіх країн, єднайтеся! (Ukrainian) "Proletari vsikh krayin, yednaytesya!" (transliteration) "Workers of the world, unite!"
Anthem Державний гімн Української Радянської Соціалістичної Республіки Derzhavnɨy gimn Ukrayinsьkoyi Radyansьkoyi Sotsialistɨchnoyi Respublikɨ "Anthem of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic" (1949-1992)
Location of the Ukraine within the Soviet Union from 1954.
Capital		Kharkiv (1919–1934) Kyiv (1934–1996)
Languages		Official languages: Ukrainian (since 1990)a · Russian Minority languages: Armenian · Azerbaijani · Bulgarian · Byelorussian · Crimean Tatar · Gagauz · German · Greek · Hungarian · Karaim · Krymchak · Moldavian · Polish · Romani · Romanian · Rusyn · Slovak · Yiddish
Demonym		Ukrainian Soviet
Government		Unitary Marxist-Leninist one-party Soviet socialist republic (1919-1990) Unitary semi-presidential Soviet republic (1990-1996)
First Secretary/President
•	1918–1919 (first)	Emanuel Kviring
•	1990–1991 (last)	Stanislav Hurenko
•	1991–1994 (first)	Leonid Kravchuk
•	1994–1996 (last)	Leonid Kuchma
Head of government
•	1919–1923 (first)	Christian Rakovsky
•	1988–1991 (last)	Vitold Fokin
Chairmen of parliamentary presidium
•	1919–1938 (first)	Grigory Petrovsky
•	1990–1991 (last)	Leonid Kravchuk
Legislature		Supreme Soviet (Verkhovna Rada from 1991)
Historical era		World War I / Interwar period / World War II / Cold War
•	Republic declared	10 March 1919
•	Admitted to USSR	30 December 1922
•	Annexation of Western Ukraine	15 November 1939
•	Occupation by Nazi Germany (Reichskommissariat Ukraine)	1941-1944
•	UN membership	24 October 1945
•	Chernobyl disaster	26 April 1986
•	Independence declared	24 August 1991
•	Independence referendum	1 December 1991
•	New Constitution	28 June 1996
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 (1919-91) Ukrainian karbovanets (RUB) (1992-96)
Calling code		+7 03/04/05/06
Preceded by Succeeded by Ukrainian People's Republic Free Territory Second Polish Republic Kingdom of Romania Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic Reichskommissariat Ukraine General Government Polish People's Republic Carpathian Ruthenia Crimean Oblast Soviet Union Soviet Union 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]); officially 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 as Soviet Ukraine was 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.

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 the Republic of Ukraine, although Ukraine's new constitution was only ratified on 28 June 1996.