Ukrainian SSR



         


Українська Радянська
Соціалістична Республіка
COA
(In Detail) (In Detail)
State motto: Пролетарі всіх країн, єднайтеся!
Official language None.

(According to the constitution, all languages were equal. However, Russian was supposed to be 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 former Soviet Union
603,700 km²
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Population


 - Total (1989)
 - Density

Ranked 2th in the former Soviet Union


51,706,746
85,6/km²

Currency Ruble (карбованец)
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.

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