Ukraine The Ukrainian SSR was one of the first countries to form the Soviet Union, from its inception in 1922 until its breakup in 1991.

During the 70 years of the existence of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the number of constituent parts changed, but most of the time there were 15 of them. Here is the list.

The investigation into the high-profile “cotton scandal” involving fraud and corruption on a massive scale opened people’s eyes to the deplorable state of the economy during the late Soviet ...

According to Kobiakov, the ratification of the Belovezh Accords on Dec. 8, 1991, by the Supreme Soviets of the RSFSR (Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic), the Ukrainian SSR, and the ...

A former oil trader founded an organization called the “Union SSR” trade union, whose members believe the Soviet Union never legally collapsed If you call the telephone number listed on the website ...

By April 1983, Samantha Smith, now 10, was worried as Cold War tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union raised the threat of nuclear confrontation.

Thirty years ago, the Soviet Union dissolved as the result of internal political, economic, and ethnic disintegration within the USSR following General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev's effort to ...

In March, 1989, Soviet citizens went to the polls to choose the members of a new national parliament.

In June 1940, the Soviet Union -- following the secret deal made with Nazi Germany in the August 1939 Ribbentrop-Molotov Pact -- occupied Bessarabia and shortly afterward created the Moldavian SSR ...

Music Acts Like Pink Floyd and Donna Summer Banned from Soviet Union in the '80s? Here's the Truth What do the Village People and KISS have in common, apart from elaborate stage costumes? Both ...

Ukraine The Ukrainian SSR was one of the first countries to form the Soviet Union, from its inception in 1922 until its breakup in 1991.