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Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
Українська Радянська
Соціалістична Республік?
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1917 — 1991 →
FlagCoat of arms
State motto:
Ukrainian: Пролетарі всіх країн, єднайтеся!
Translation: Workers of the world, unite!''
CapitalKiev
Official languageUkrainian and Russian
Established
In the USSR:
 - Since
 - Until 		December 25, 1917

December 30, 1922
August 24, 1991
Area
 - Total
 - Water (%) 		Ranked 3rd in the USSR
603,700 km
negligible
Population
 - Total 
 - Density 		Ranked 2nd in the USSR
51,706,746 (1989)
85.6/km
Currencyrouble (карбованец?)
Time zone UTC + 3
AnthemAnthem of Ukrainian SSR
Medals


The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic a.k.a. Uk(r)SSR was a socialist state in Ukraine which became one of the fifteen constituent republics of the Soviet Union.

(Ukrainian: Українська Радянськ? Соціалістична Республіка, Ukrayins’ka Radyans’ka Sotsialistychna Respublika, URSR, Russian: Украинская Советская Социалистическая Республика, Ukrainskaya Sovetskaya Sotsialisticheskaya Respublika.)

History

See also: History of Ukraine


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Ukrainian SSR in 1940
After the break-up of the Russian Empire, several factions sought to create an independent Ukrainian state, alternately co-operating and struggling against each other. Ukrainian Bolsheviks and Mensheviks first participated in the Ukrainian National Republic (UNR), which declared autonomy, and then independence in 1917. The Bolsheviks favoured federation with Russia, but lacking broad popular support within the UNR, convened a separate congress and declared a Soviet Republic of Ukraine (Respublyka Rad Ukrayiny) on December 25, 1917. Warfare ensued against the UNR, and a series of alliances and conflicts with anarchists and neo-haydamak bands. The Ukrainian Bolsheviks fared poorly at first, being pushed out of Ukraine altogether, and having the government dissolved for two interludes lasting several months (being reformed on November 20, 1918, and December 21, 1919). Eventually, with the support of the Russian Army, the Ukrainian SSR ended up controlling much of Ukrainian territory after the Polish-Soviet Peace of Riga.

On December 30, 1922, along with the Russian, Byelorussian, and Transcaucasian republics, the Ukrainian SSR was one of the founding members of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR).

After World War II, in 1945, some amendments to the Constitution of the Ukrainian SSR were accepted, which allowed it to act as a separate subject of international law in some cases and to a certain extent, remaining a part of the USSR at the same time. In particular, these amendments allowed the Ukrainian SSR to become one of founding members of the United Nations (UN) together with the USSR and the Byelorussian SSR. In reality this simply meant giving the Soviet Union extra seats (and votes) in the UN, since the Ukrainian SSR had no independent voice in international affairs. The Ukrainian SSR was renamed Ukraine on August 24, 1991, and split from the USSR on the same day, becoming an independent state.

Leaders of the UkSSR



Leaders of the Communist Party (Bolshevik) of Ukraine, and de facto leaders of the republic:

1. Georgy Pyatakov (1918)
2. Stanislav Kosior (1919-1920)
3. Dmitry Manuilsky (1921-1923)
4. Emmanuil Kviring (1923-1925)
5. Lazar Kaganovich (1925-1928)
Stanislav Kosior (1928-1938)
6. Nikita Khrushchev (1938-1947)
Lazar Kaganovich (1947)
 Nikita Khrushchev (1947-1949)
7. Leonid Melnikov (1949-1953)
8. Alexei Kirichenko (1953-1957)
9. Nikolai Podgorny (1957-1963)
10. Petro Shelest (1963-1972)
11. Volodymyr Shcherbytsky (1972-1989)
12. Vladimir Ivashko (1989-1990)
13. Stanislav Gurenko (1990-1991)

Administrative divisions

The Ukrainian SSR consisted of many oblasts (provinces) some of which exist to this day, while others were liquidated and merged into other oblasts ().

The Ukrainian SSR's capital was at first the city of Kharkiv (Kharkov) (from 1918-1934) and from that point on — the city of Kiev (Kyiv), the current capital of Ukraine. In 1954, Crimea was transferred to the UkSSR from the Russian SFSR.

Oblasts

History of Ukraine
Ancient times:
Medieval era:
Cossack era:
Imperial rule:
Modern era:
  • Poltava Oblast
  • Odessa Oblast
  • Nikolayev Oblast
  • Kherson Oblast
  • Zaporozhye Oblast
  • Dnepropetrovsk Oblast
  • Kharkov Oblast
  • Donetsk Oblast (formed on July 2, 1932 from 5 okrugs; in July of 1938 — the oblast was divided into Stalino Oblast and Voroshilovgrad Oblast)
  • Lugansk Oblast (formed on June 3, 1938 by the request of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet; from 1935—1958 and from 1975—1990: Voroshilovgrad Oblast)
  • Krym Oblast (included into the UkSSR on February 19, 1954, an autonomous republic (KrASSR) from February 12, 1991)
  • Izmail Oblast (until 1941 Akerman Oblast, included on February 15, 1954 into Odessa Oblast)
  • Drogobych Oblast (included in May 21, 1958 into Lvov Oblast)

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    Anthem
    Ще не вмерла України ні слава, ні воля  
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    flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic was adopted in 1919, to serve as the symbol of state of the Ukrainian SSR. Details of the official flag changed periodically before the break-up of the Soviet Union in 1991, but all were based on the red flag of the Bolshevik
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    coat of arms of the Ukrainian SSR was adopted on March 14, 1919 by the government of the Ukrainian SSR. The coat of arms is based on the coat of arms of the Soviet Union. It features the hammer and sickle, the red star, a sun rise, and stalks of wheat on its outer rims.
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    The USSR State motto is a quotation from Karl Marx's and Friedrich Engels' Communist Manifesto, meaning Workers of the world, unite!. It was featured in all languages of the Soviet Republics as part of the USSR Coat of arms, mentioned by the reversed order of
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    Ukrainian}}} 
    Official status
    Official language of:  Ukraine
    Transnistria (Moldova)
    Regulated by: National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
    Language codes
    ISO 639-1: uk
    ISO 639-2: ukr
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    Official language of:  Ukraine
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    Regulated by: National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
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    Constitutional order

    The order they were mentioned in the Constitution of the USSR (chapter 8, article 71); also the order in which the motto appeared in the USSR Coat of Arms. This roughly corresponds to the population size of the republic when it was created.
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