State
Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
sovereign state (1919–1922) and a republic of the Soviet Union (1922–1991); one of the founding members of the UN in 1945
- This boundary
- 1919–1945
- Founded
- 1919
- Ended
- 1991
- Capital
- Kharkiv, Kyiv
- Government
- soviet republic
- Languages
- Ukrainian, Russian
- Preceded by
- South Russia
- Succeeded by
- Ukraine
Overview
The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, abbreviated as the Ukrainian SSR, UkrSSR, UkSSR and also known as Soviet Ukraine or just Ukraine, was one of the constituent republics of the Soviet Union from 1922 until 1991. Under the Soviet one-party model, the Ukrainian SSR was governed by the Communist Party of the Soviet Union through its republican branch, the Communist Party of Ukraine.
All rulers (4)
- Grigory Petrovsky1919–1938
- Fyodor Sergeyev1919
- Leonid Korniyets1938
- Mykhailo Hrechukha1939–1954
Records (8)
- 1917–1921 — Ukrainian–Soviet WarWar
- 1919 — Battle of OdessaBattle · Bolsheviks ▸ France, Greece, Russian Whites
- 1919 — Battle of PeregonovkaBattle · Russian Whites ▸ Ukranian Anarchists
- 1920–1921 — Polish–Soviet WarWar
- 1920 — Union Treaty between the RSFSR and the Ukrainian SSR (1920)Treaty
- 1920 — Battle of KievBattle · Poland ▸ USSR
- 1920 — Battle of MelitopolBattle · Russian Whites ▸ Bolsheviks
- 1922–1991 — Treaty on the Creation of the Union of Soviet Socialist RepublicsTreaty
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