Українська Радянська
Соціалістична Республіка

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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 --
Population  - Total (1989)  - Density	Ranked 2nd in the former Soviet Union 51,706,746 85,6/km²
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)