Flags of the Soviet Republics

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Flags of the Soviet Socialist Republics all featured predominantly red flag with hammer and sickle that both symbolised communism, quite similar to the flag of the Soviet Union. Their final versions prior to the dissolution of the USSR in 1991 looked like this:

Image:Flag of Russian SFSR.svg Flag of Russian SFSR	Image:Flag of Ukrainian SSR.svg Flag of Ukrainian SSR	Image:Flag of Byelorussian SSR.svg Flag of Byelorussian SSR
Image:Flag of Uzbek SSR.svg Flag of Uzbek SSR	Image:Flag of Kazakh SSR.svg Flag of Kazakh SSR	Image:Flag of Georgian SSR.svg Flag of Georgian SSR
Image:Flag of Azerbaijan SSR.svg Flag of Azerbaijan SSR	Image:Flag of Lithuanian SSR.svg Flag of Lithuanian SSR	Image:Flag of Moldavian SSR.svg Flag of Moldavian SSR
Image:Flag of Latvian SSR.svg Flag of Latvian SSR	Image:Flag of Kyrgyz SSR.svg Flag of Kyrgyz SSR	Image:Flag of Tajik SSR.svg Flag of Tajik SSR
Image:Flag of Armenian SSR.svg Flag of Armenian SSR	Image:Flag of Turkmen SSR.svg Flag of Turkmen SSR	Image:Flag of Estonian SSR.svg Flag of Estonian SSR

Image:Flag of the Karelo-Finnish SSR.svg
Flag of Karelo-Finnish SSR

Image:Flag of Transcaucasian SFSR.svg
Flag of Transcaucasian SFSR

The official flags of the Autonomous Socialist Soviet Republics (ASSR) were seldom used, and were simply the flag of the republic to which the ASSR belonged defaced with the ASSR name in its own language(s) and the official language of the SSR.

Nowadays the former Soviet Union territories that use modified versions of their original soviet flag are the unrecognized republic of Transnistria (former region of Moldavian SSR) and Belarus (since 1995).

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Coats of arms of the Soviet Republics

[edit] External links

FotW chart of all the flags of the SSRs through history

Lists of flags

Master list
States	Sovereign • Unrecognized • Formerly independent
Other entities	Dependent territories • Subnational entities • Cities • Ethnic groups • Micronations
By design	Animals • Astronomical • Bicolors • Borders • Canton (British ensigns) • Circles • Color (by number) • Confusable • Crescents • Crosses • Inscriptions • Maritime • Plants • Squares • Stars • Stripes • Triangles • Tribands • Weapons
By country	Argentina • Australia • Austria • Barbados • Belgium • Bosnia and Herzegovina • Brazil • Canada • China • Colombia • England • France • Germany • Greece • India • Ireland • Italy • Jamaica • Kenya • Netherlands • New Zealand • Norway • Pakistan • Poland • Puerto Rico • Rhodesia • Russia • Scotland • Serbia • South Africa • South Korea • Soviet Republics • Spain • Switzerland • Ukraine • United Kingdom • United States • Wales
By region of the world	Africa • North America • South America • Antarctica • Asia • Europe • Oceania

Flags of the Soviet Union and Soviet Republics
Image:State Coat of Arms of the USSR (1958-1991 version) transparent background.png	Flag of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics Armenian SSR \| Azerbaijan SSR \| Byelorussian SSR \| Estonian SSR \| Georgian SSR \| Kazakh SSR \| Kyrgyz SSR \| Latvian SSR \| Lithuanian SSR \| Moldavian SSR \| Russian SFSR \| Tajik SSR \| Turkmen SSR \| Ukrainian SSR \| Uzbek SSR
Flags of short-lived Soviet republics	Karelo-Finnish SSR (1940-1956) \| Transcaucasian SFSR (1922-1936)