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Ukraine in the Soviet Union

Last modified: 2005-10-08 by antonio martins
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[Flag of Ukrainian SSR in 1949]
image by António Martins and Victor Lomantsov, 20 Oct 2000 | [two-sided]
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Description of the flag

Adopted 21 November 1949. Light blue bar in base, covering 1/3 of the height. See here detailed construction information of the hammer and sickle.
Mark Sensen, 25 May 1997

According to Constitution of Ukrainian SSR: the distance from the hoist of the flag to the centre of star (and of the hammer-and-sickle, of course) is equal to 1/3 of flag’s length.
Victor Lomantsov, 20 Oct 2000


Reverse of the flag

[Back of flag]
image by António Martins, 19 Oct 2000 | [two-sided] [reverse]

No hammer, sickle and star on the reverse side.
Mark Sensen, 25 May 1997


Coat of arms

[soviet ukrainian CoA]
image by Marcus Schmöger, 15 Sep 2001 (source: [hzg80])

The emblem of the SSR was introduced 14 March 1919 (according to Hesmer [hes92]) and was replaced by the current one in 19 February 1992.
Marcus Schmöger, 16 Sep 2001


Subdivisons of Soviet Ukraine

According to my soviet sources (thus this is/was the “official truth”), the whole list for soviet Ukraine regions’ creation date is:

  • 1932.02.27 Dnepropetrovsk Region
  • 1932.02.27 Kiev Region
  • 1932.02.27 Odessa Region
  • 1932.02.27 Kharkov Region
  • 1932.02.27 Vinnitsa Region
  • 1932.07.17 Donetsk Region
  • 1932.10.15 Chernigov Region
  • 1937.09.22 Nikolaev Region
  • 1937.09.22 Poltava Region
  • 1937.09.22 Khmelnitskiy Region
  • 1937.09.22 Zhitomir Region
  • 1938.06.03 Voroshilovgrad Region
  • 1939.01.10 Kirovgrad Region
  • 1939.01.10 Sumy Region
  • 1939.01.10 Zaporozhe Region
  • 1939.12.04 Ivano-Frankovsk Region
  • 1939.12.04 Lvov Region
  • 1939.12.04 Rovno Region
  • 1939.12.04 Ternopol Region
  • 1939.12.04 Volynia
  • 1940.08.07 Chernovtsy Region
  • 1944.03.30 Kherson Region
  • 1945.06.30 Crimea (until 1954 within RSFSR)
  • 1946.01.22 Transcarpathia
  • 1954.01.07 Cherkassy Region
António Martins, 28 May 2000