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Flags of the Soviet Republics

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{| class="toccolours" style="margin: 0 2em 0 2em;" |- | style="background:#ccccff" align="center" | '''Flags of the Soviet Republics''' |- | align="center" | Flag of Armenian SSR Armenian SSR - Flag of Azerbaijan SSR Azerbaijan SSR - Flag of Byelorussian SSR Byelorussian SSR - Flag of Estonian SSR Estonian SSR - Flag of Georgian SSR Georgian SSR - Flag of Kazakh SSR Kazakh SSR - Flag of Kirghiz SSR Kirghiz SSR - Flag of Latvian SSR Latvian SSR - Flag of Lithuanian SSR Lithuanian SSR - Flag of Moldavian SSR Moldavian SSR - Flag of Russian SFSR Russian SFSR - Flag of Tadzhik SSR Tadzhik SSR - Flag of Turkmen SSR Turkmen SSR - Flag of Ukrainian SSR Ukrainian SSR - Flag of Uzbek SSR Uzbek SSR |- |} pl:Szablon:Flagi republik radzieckich '''Flags of the Soviet Union Soviet socialist republic 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 Soviet Union USSR in 1991 looked like this: {| style="margin:0 auto;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" |- | width="160" | Image:Flag of Russian SFSR.svg 125px|
Flag of Russian SFSR Flag of Russian SFSR | width="160" | Image:Flag of Ukrainian SSR.svg 125px|
Flag of Ukrainian SSR Flag of Ukrainian SSR | width="190" | Image:Flag of Byelorussian SSR.svg 125px|
Flag of Byelorussian SSR Flag of Byelorussian SSR |- | width="160" | Image:Flag-uzbek-ssr.png 125px|
Flag of Uzbek SSR Flag of Uzbek SSR | width="160" | Image:Flag-kazakh-ssr.png 125px|
Flag of Kazakh SSR Flag of Kazakh SSR | width="160" | Image:Flag of Georgian SSR.svg 125px|
Flag of Georgian SSR Flag of Georgian SSR |- | width="160" | Image:Flag-azerbaijan-ssr.png 125px|
Flag of Azerbaijan SSR Flag of Azerbaijan SSR | width="160" | Image:Flag-lithuanian-ssr.png 125px|
Flag of Lithuanian SSR Flag of Lithuanian SSR | width="160" | Image:Flag-moldovian-ssr.png 125px|
Flag of Moldavian SSR Flag of Moldavian SSR |- | width="160" | Image:Flag-latvian-ssr.png 125px|
Flag of Latvian SSR Flag of Latvian SSR | width="160" | Image:Flag-kirghiz-ssr.png 125px|
Flag of Kirghiz SSR Flag of Kirghiz SSR | width="160" | Image:Flag-tadzikh-ssr.png 125px|
Flag of Tadzhik SSR Flag of Tadzhik SSR |- | width="160" | Image:Flag-armenian-ssr.png 125px|
Flag of Armenian SSR Flag of Armenian SSR | width="160" | Image:Flag-turkmen-ssr.png 125px|
Flag of Turkmen SSR Flag of Turkmen SSR | width="160" | Image:Flag of Estonian SSR.svg 125px|
Flag of Estonian SSR Flag of Estonian SSR |- |} 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 Flag of Belarus Belarus (since 1995).

See also
* Coats of Arms of the Soviet Republics

External links

- FotW chart of all the flags of the SSRs through history Category:Lists of flags S Category:Historical flags Soviet Republics Category:Flags of the Soviet Union bg:Знамена на СъветÑ?ките републики it:Bandiere delle Repubbliche Sovietiche nl:Lijst van vlaggen van Sovjet-deelgebieden ru:Флаги реÑ?публик СССР

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