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The flag of the Soviet Union consisted of a plain red flag with a gold hammer crossed with a gold sickle placed beneath a gold-bordered red star. This symbol is in the upper left canton of the red flag. The colour red honours the red flag of the Paris Commune of 1871 and the red star and hammer and sickle are symbols of communism and socialism .
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (U.S.S.R., or Soviet Union) was created on December 31, 1922. The Soviet constitution mandated the national flag’s design, and that flag, with minor modifications, was effective from January 31, 1924, to the formal dissolution of the Soviet Union on December 31, 1991 (although the Russian flag replaced ...
A plain red flag with a golden hammer and sickle and a gold-bordered red star in its upper canton. The first official flag of the Soviet Union was adopted in December 1922 at the first congress of the Soviets' USSR. The red flag of the communist party was adopted as the national flag.
Learn about the origin, design, and significance of the red flag with a hammer and sickle and a star, the symbol of communism. Find out how the flag changed over time and influenced other countries.
The flags of the Soviet Socialist Republics were all defaced versions of the flag of the Soviet Union, which featured a golden hammer and sickle and a gold-bordered red star (the only exception being the Georgian SSR, which used a red hammer and sickle and a fully red star) on a red field.
Flags of the Soviet Republics. Category: Disambiguation pages.
1 day ago · Soviet Union (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; U.S.S.R.), former northern Eurasian empire (1917/22–1991) stretching from the Baltic and Black seas to the Pacific Ocean and, in its final years, consisting of 15 Soviet Socialist Republics.
