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Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Українська Радянська Соціалістична Республіка</br>

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1917 — 1991

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Image:Flag of Ukrainian SSR.svg	Image:COA Ukrainian SSR.png
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State motto:
Ukrainian: Пролетарі всіх країн, єднайтеся!
Translation: Workers of the world, unite!</font>

<tr><td align=center colspan=2> </td></tr> <tr><td>Capital</td><td>Kiev</td></tr> <tr><td>Official language</td><td>Ukrainian and Russian</td></tr> <tr><td>Established
In the USSR:
 - Since
 - Until </td><td>December 25, 1917

December 30, 1922
August 24, 1991</td></tr> <tr><td> Area
 - Total
 - Water (%) </td><td>Ranked 3^rd in the USSR
603,700 km²
negligible </td></tr> <tr><td>Population
 - Total 
 - Density

   </td><td>Ranked 2nd in the USSR
 
   51,706,746 (1989)
 85.6/km² </td></tr>

<tr><td>Currency</td><td>Ruble (Ukrainian: карбованець, karbovanets)</td></tr> <tr><td>Time zone </td><td>UTC + 3</td></tr> <tr><td>Anthem</td>

   <td>Anthem of Ukrainian SSR</td></tr>

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The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic a.k.a. Uk(r)SSR (Ukrainian: Українська Радянська Соціалістична Республіка, Ukrayins’ka Radyans’ka Sotsialistychna Respublika, URSR, Russian: Украинская Советская Социалистическая Республика, Ukrainskaya Sovetskaya Sotsialisticheskaya Respublika) was created on December 25, 1917, and was a constituent republic of the Soviet Union from the time the Union was formed in 1922.

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.

Contents 1 Leaders of the UkSSR 2 Administrative divisions 2.1 Oblasts 3 See also 4 External links

[edit] Leaders of the UkSSR

The Ukrainian SSR Communist party leaders (and de-facto leaders of the republic) were:

Georgy Pyatakov (1918) Stanislav Kosior (1919-1920) Dmitry Manuilsky (1921-1923) Emmanuil Kviring (1923-1925) Lazar Kaganovich (1925-1928) Stanislav Kosior (1928-1938) Nikita Khrushchev (1938-1949)

Leonid Melnikov (1949-1953) Alexei Kirichenko (1953-1957) Nikolai Podgorny (1957-1963) Petro Shelest (1963-1972) Volodymyr Shcherbytsky (1972-1989) Vladimir Ivashko (1989-1990) Stanislav Gurenko (1990-1991)

[edit] 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 (see map).

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.

[edit] Oblasts

Zakarpatska Oblast (included into the UkSSR on June 29, 1945; has the status of an oblast from January 22, 1946) Lvivska Oblast (formed on December 4, 1939) Ivano-Frankivska Oblast (until 1962: Stanyslavska Oblast) Chernivetska Oblast (formed on August 7, 1940) Ternopilska Oblast Volynska Oblast Rivnenska Oblast Khmelnytska Oblast (until 1954: Proskurivska Oblast) Zhytomyr Oblast Kyivska Oblast Vinnytska Oblast Cherkaska Oblast (formed on January 7, 1954) Kirovohradska Oblast (fomed on January 12, 1939) Chernihivska Oblast Sumska Oblast

History of Ukraine Early East Slavs Kievan Rus' Mongol invasion Halych-Volynia Grand Duchy of Lithuania Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth Cossack era Imperial Russia Austrian Galicia Ukraine after the Russian Revolution Ukrainian People's Republic Western Ukrainian Republic Ukrainian SSR Independent Ukraine Poltavska Oblast Odesa Oblast Mykolaivska Oblast Khersonska Oblast Zaporizka Oblast Dnipropetrovska Oblast Kharkivska Oblast Donetska Oblast (formed on July 2, 1932 from 5 okrugs; in July of 1938 — the oblast was divided into Stalinska (Donetska) Oblast and Voroshylohradska (Luhanska) Oblast) Luhanska Oblast (formed on June 3, 1938 by the request of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet; from 1935—1958 and from 1975—1990: Voroshylovhradska Oblast) Krymska Oblast (included into the UkSSR on February 19, 1954, an autonomous republic (KrASSR) from February 12, 1991) Izmailska Oblast (until 1941 Akermanska Oblast, included on February 15, 1954 into Odessa Oblast) Drohobytska Oblast (included in May 21, 1958 into Lvivska Oblast)

[edit] See also

• Communist Party of Ukraine

[edit] External links

az:Ukrayna Sovet Sosialist Respublikası

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