Ukrainian SSR
The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic a.k.a. UkrSSR 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 together with the
USSR and the Byelorussian SSR.
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The
Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic a.k.a.
UkrSSR 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 together with the
USSR and the Byelorussian SSR. In reality this simply meant giving the Soviet Union extra seats 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.
The capital was first
Kharkiv and then
Kiev .
Crimea was transferred to the republic in 1954 from the Russian SFSR.
The Ukrainian SSR gained its independence after the collapse of the
Soviet Union in 1991.
Ukrainian SSR Communist party leaders were:
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