Ukrainian SSR
(Redirected from Soviet Ukraine)
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| State motto: Пролетарі всіх країн, єднайтеся! | |||||
| Official language | None. (Constitutionally, all languages were equal. However, Russian was considered the language of international communication, thus putting Ukrainian at a disadvantage.) | ||||
| Capital | Kiev | ||||
| Chairman of the Supreme Council | Leonid Kravchuk (at the time of regaining independence) | ||||
| Area - Total - % water | Ranked 3rd in the USSR 603,700 km² — | ||||
| Population | Ranked 2nd in the USSR
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| Currency | Ruble (карбованець) | ||||
| Time zone | UTC + 3 | ||||
| Anthem | Anthem of Ukrainian SSR | ||||
The Ukrainian SSR (Ukrainian Українська Радянська Соціалістична Республіка, Russian Украи́нская Сове́тская Социалисти́ческая Респу́блика) was created on December 25, 1917, and was a constituent republic of the Soviet Union since the USSR was formed in 1922. After World War II it was internationally recognised as an independent state in its own right (with a seat in the United Nations).
The capital was first Kharkov (in 1918-1934) and then Kiev. Crimea was transferred to the SSR in 1954 from the Russian SFSR.
It declared independence in 1991 as Ukraine.
External links
- Constitution of Ukrainian SSR (1978, in Ukrainian)
Categories: Soviet Republics | Ukrainian history