Ukrainian original[7]
Romanisation
IPA transcription[g]
English translation
I
Живи, Україно, прекрасна і сильна,
В Радянськім Союзі ти щастя знайшла.
Між рівними рівна, між вільними вільна,
Під сонцем свободи, як цвіт розцвіла.
Приспів:
Слава Союзу Радянському, слава!
Слава Вітчизні на віки-віків!
Живи Україно, радянська державо,
В єдиній родині народів-братів!
II
Нам завжди у битвах за долю народу
Був другом і братом російський народ,
Нас Ленін повів переможним походом
Під прапором Жовтня до світлих висот.
Приспів
III
Ми славим трудом Батьківщину могутню,
Утверджуєм правду безсмертних ідей.
У світ комунізму – величне майбутнє
Нас Ленінська партія мудро веде.
Приспів
I
Zhyvy, Ukraino, prekrasna i syl'na,
V Radians'kim Soiuzi ty shchastia znaishla.
Mizh rivnymy rivna, mizh vil'nymy vil'na,
Pid sontsem svobody, yak tsvit roztsvila.
Pryspiv:
Slava Soiuzu Radians'komu, slava!
Slava Vitchyzni na viky-vikiv!
Zhyvy, Ukraino, radians'ka derzhavo,
V yedynii rodyni narodiv-brativ!
II
Nam zavzhdy u bytvakh za doliu narodu
Buv druhom i bratom rosiis'kyi narod.
Nas Lenin poviv peremozhnym pokhodom
Pid praporom zhovtnia do svitlykh vysot.
Pryspiv
III
My slavym trudom bat'kivshchynu mohutniu,
Utverdzhuiem pravdu bezsmertnykh idei.
U svit komunizmu – velychne maibutne
Nas Lenin'ska partiia mudro vede.
Pryspiv
1
[ʒɪ.ˈvɪ | ʊ.krɐ.ˈji.no | pre.ˈkrɑs.nɐ i ˈsɪlʲ.nɐ |]
[u̯‿rɐ.ˈdʲɑn.s⁽ʲ⁾k⁽ʲ⁾im so.ˈju.z⁽ʲ⁾i tɪ ˈʃt͡ʃɑs.ʲtʲɐ znɐjʃ.ˈɫɑ ‖]
[m⁽ʲ⁾iʒ ˈr⁽ʲ⁾iu̯.nɪ.mɪ ˈr⁽ʲ⁾iu̯.nɐ | m⁽ʲ⁾iʒ ˈʋ⁽ʲ⁾ilʲ.nɪ.mɪ ˈʋ⁽ʲ⁾ilʲ.nɐ |]
[p⁽ʲ⁾id ˈsɔn.t͡sem swo.ˈbɔ.dɪ | jɑk t͡s⁽ʲ⁾ʋ⁽ʲ⁾it roz.t͡s⁽ʲ⁾ʋ⁽ʲ⁾i.ˈɫɑ ‖]
[ˈprɪs⁽ʲ⁾.p⁽ʲ⁾iu̯]:
[ˈsɫɑ.ʋɐ so.ˈju.zʊ rɐ.ˈdʲɑn.ʲsʲko.mʊ | ˈsɫɑ.ʋɐ ‖]
[ˈsɫɑ.ʋɐ ʋ⁽ʲ⁾it.ˈt͡ʃɪz⁽ʲ⁾.n⁽ʲ⁾i nɑ ʋ⁽ʲ⁾i.ˈkɪ ʋ⁽ʲ⁾i.ˈk⁽ʲ⁾iu̯ ‖]
[ʒɪ.ˈvɪ ʊ.krɐ.ˈji.no | rɐ.ˈdʲɑnʲ.sʲkɐ der.ˈʒɑ.wo |]
[ʋ‿je.ˈdɪ.n⁽ʲ⁾ij ro.ˈdɪ.n⁽ʲ⁾i nɐ.ˈrɔ.d⁽ʲ⁾iu̯ brɐ.ˈt⁽ʲ⁾iu̯ ‖]
2
[nɑm ˈzɑu̯ʒ.dɪ u ˈbɪt.ʋɐx zɑ ˈdɔ.lʲʊ nɐ.ˈrɔ.dʊ]
[buu̯ ˈdru.ɦom i ˈbrɑ.tom ro.ˈs⁽ʲ⁾ij.sʲkɪj nɐ.ˈrɔd |]
[nɑs ˈɫɛ.n⁽ʲ⁾in po.ˈʋ⁽ʲ⁾iu̯ pe.re.ˈmɔʒ.nɪm po.ˈxɔ.dom |]
[p⁽ʲ⁾id ˈprɑ.po.rom ˈʒɔu̯tʲ.nʲɐ dɔ ˈs⁽ʲ⁾ʋ⁽ʲ⁾it.ɫɪx ʋɪ.ˈsɔt ‖]
[ˈprɪs⁽ʲ⁾.p⁽ʲ⁾iu̯]
3
[mɪ ˈsɫɑ.ʋɪm trʊ.ˈdɔm bɐt⁽ʲ⁾.k⁽ʲ⁾iu̯ʃ.ˈt͡ʃɪnʊ mo.ˈɦutʲ.nʲʊ]
[ʊt.ˈʋɛr.d͡ʒʊ.jem ˈprɑu̯.dʊ bez.ˈsmɛrt.nɪx i.ˈdɛj ‖]
[u s⁽ʲ⁾ʋ⁽ʲ⁾it ko.mʊ.ˈn⁽ʲ⁾iz.mʊ ʋe.ˈɫɪt͡ʃ.ne mɐj.ˈbutʲ.nʲe]
[nɑs ˈɫɛ.n⁽ʲ⁾inʲ.sʲkɐ ˈpɑr.t⁽ʲ⁾i.jɐ ˈmu.dro ʋe.ˈdɛ ‖]
[ˈprɪs⁽ʲ⁾.p⁽ʲ⁾iu̯]
I
Live, Ukraine, beautiful and strong,
You found happiness in the Soviet Union.
Equal amid the equal, free amid the free,
Under the sun of freedom, you bloomed like a flower.
Chorus:
Glory to the Soviet Union, glory!
Glory to the Fatherland forever and ever
Live, Ukraine, a Soviet nation,
In a united family of brotherly nations!
II
Always in a battle for the fate of the people,
The Russian people were our brothers and friends.
Lenin led us on a victorious campaign
Under the flag of October to brilliant heights.
Chorus
III
We glorify the mighty Fatherland through labor,
Affirming the truth of our immortal idea.
In the world of Communism there is a great future,
The Party of Lenin leads us wisely!
Chorus
Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
Українська Радянська Соціалістична Республіка (Ukrainian)
Украинская Советская Социалистическая Республика (Russian)[1]
1919–1991
1941–1944: German occupation
Motto: Пролетарі всіх країн, єднайтеся! (Ukrainian)
Proletari vsikh krain, yednaitesia! (transliteration)
"Workers of the world, unite!"
Anthem: Інтернаціонал (Ukrainian)
Internatsional (transliteration)
3:35
Державний гімн Української Радянської Соціалістичної Республіки (Ukrainian)
Derzhavnyi himn Ukrainskoi Radianskoi Sotsialistychnoi Respubliky (transliteration)
"State Anthem of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic"
Status Satellite state of the Russian SFSR (1919–1922)
Union Republic of the Soviet Union (1922–1991)
Capital Kharkov (1919–1934)[2]
Kiev (1934–1991)[3]
Largest city Kiev
Official languages Russian[4][5]
Ukrainian[5][6]
(Ukrainian declared as sole official language in 1990)a[7]
Recognised languages Belarusian, Crimean Tatar, Hungarian, Romanian, Polish
Religion State atheism (treated officially until glasnost era)
Russian Orthodox Church (de facto) (through Ukrainian Exarchate)
Greek Catholic Church (illegal)
Sunni Islam
Judaism
Demonym(s) Ukrainian, Soviet
Government 1919–1990:
Unitary Marxist–Leninist one-party Soviet socialist republic
1990–1991:
Unitary parliamentary republic
First Secretary
• 1918–1919 (first)
Emanuel Kviring
• 1990 (last)[8]
Stanislav Hurenko
Head of state
• 1919–1938 (first)
Grigory Petrovsky
• 1990–1991 (last)
Leonid Kravchuk
Head of government
• 1918–1919 (first)
Georgy Pyatakov
• 1988–1991 (last)
Vitold Fokin
Legislature Congress of Soviets (1919–1938)[9]
Supreme Soviet (1938–1991)[10]
History
• Declaration of the Ukrainian Socialist Soviet Republic
10 March 1919
• Admitted to USSR
30 December 1922
• Annexation territories from Poland
15 November 1939
• Annexation territories from Romania
2 August 1940
• Admitted to the United Nations
24 October 1945
• Received Crimea from Russian SFSR
19 February 1954
• Priority of Ukrainian laws declared, partial abolition of the Soviet form of government
16 July 1990
• Declaration of independence, Ukrainian SSR renamed to Ukraine
24 August 1991
• Ukrainian independence referendum
1 December 1991
• Ratification of agreement to dissolve the Soviet Union
10 December 1991
• Dissolution of the Soviet Union (Ukraine's independence formally recognized)
26 December 1991
• Full abolition of the Soviet form of government
28 June 1996
Area
• Total
603,700 km2 (233,100 sq mi)
Population
• 1989 census
51,706,746
HDI (1990) 0.725
high
Currency Soviet ruble (руб) (SUR)
Calling code 7 03/04/05/06
Internet TLD .su
The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (Ukrainian: Українська Радянська Соціалістична Республіка, Ukrainska Radianska Sotsialistychna Respublika;[note 1] Russian: Украинская Советская Социалистическая Республика[note 2]), abbreviated as the Ukrainian SSR and also known as Soviet Ukraine, was one of the constituent republics of the Soviet Union from 1922 until 1991.[11] In the anthem of the Ukrainian SSR, it was referred to simply as Ukraine. 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.
The first iterations of the Ukrainian SSR were established during the Russian Revolution, particularly after the Bolshevik Revolution. The outbreak of the Ukrainian–Soviet War in the former Russian Empire saw the Bolsheviks defeat the independent Ukrainian People's Republic, during the conflict against which they founded the Ukrainian People's Republic of Soviets, which was governed by the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (RSFSR), in December 1917; it was later succeeded by the Ukrainian Soviet Republic in 1918, also under the Russian SFSR. Simultaneously with the Russian Civil War, the Ukrainian War of Independence was being fought among the different Ukrainian republics founded by Ukrainian nationalists, Ukrainian anarchists, and Ukrainian separatists – primarily against Soviet Russia and the Ukrainian SSR, with either help or opposition from neighbouring states.[12] As a Soviet quasi-state, the newly-established Ukrainian SSR became a founding member of the United Nations in 1945[13] alongside the Byelorussian SSR, in spite of the fact that they were legally represented by the Soviet Union in foreign affairs. In 1922, it was one of four Soviet republics (with the Russian SFSR, the Byelorussian SSR, and the Transcaucasian SFSR) that signed the Treaty on the Creation of the Soviet Union. Upon the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, the Ukrainian SSR emerged as the present-day independent state of Ukraine, although the modified Soviet constitution remained in use until the adoption of the modern Ukrainian constitution in June 1996.[14]
Throughout its 72-year history, the republic's borders changed many times, with a significant portion of what is now western Ukraine having been acquired via the Soviet-German Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, with the annexation of Eastern Galicia and Volhynia in 1939, significant portions of Romania in 1940, alongside another annexation of territory in 1945 from Carpathian Ruthenia in Czechoslovakia. From the 1919 establishment of the Ukrainian SSR until 1934, the city of Kharkov served as its capital; however, the republic's seat of government was subsequently relocated in 1934 to the city of Kiev, the historic Ukrainian capital, and remained at Kiev for the remainder of its existence.
Geographically, the Ukrainian SSR was situated in Eastern Europe, to the north of the Black Sea, and was bordered by the Soviet republics of Moldavia (since 1940), Byelorussia, and Russia, and the countries of Romania, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, and Poland. The republic's border with Czechoslovakia formed the Soviet Union's westernmost border point. According to the 1989 Soviet census, the republic of Ukraine had a population of 51,706,746 (second after Russia), which fell sharply after the Soviet Union's dissolution in 1991 due to high emigration rates, environmental pollution caused by the Chernobyl disaster of 1986 and male alcoholism.[15][16]
The coat of arms of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic was adopted on 14 March 1919 by the government of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic and subsequently modified on 7 November 1928, 30 January 1937 and 21 November 1949. The coat of arms from 1949 is based on the coat of arms of the Soviet Union and features the hammer and sickle, the red star, a sunrise and stalks of wheat on its outer rims. The rising sun stands for the future of the Soviet Ukrainian nation, the red star as well as the hammer and sickle for communism and the "world-wide socialist community of states".[1]
The banner bears the Soviet Union state motto ("Workers of the world, unite!") in both the Ukrainian and Russian languages. In Ukrainian, it is "Пролетарі всіх країн, єднайтеся!" (transliterated: Proletari vsikh krayin, yednaytesya!). The name of the Ukrainian SSR is shown only in Ukrainian, and reads "Українська PCP" (Українська Радянська Соціалістична Республіка).
In 1992 after the dissolution of the Soviet Union and Ukraine became independent, the emblem was changed to the present coat of arms of Ukraine the tryzub (trident) coat of arms, which was affirmed in the new Constitution of Ukraine in 1996, and was first proposed in 1917. The use of this former emblem in Ukraine is now banned.
The emblem shares a common background with that of the Russian SFSR.
Location of the Ukrainian SSR (red) within the Soviet Union (red and light yellow) between 1954 and 1991