NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Flag of Byelorussian SSR

This flag was adopted by the Byelorussian SSR on December 25, 1951. Image File history File links Flag_of_Byelorussian_SSR.svg Summary The flag of Byelorussian SSR. Licensing File links The following pages link to this file: Byelorussian SSR Flag of Byelorussian SSR ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Byelorussian_SSR.svg Summary The flag of Byelorussian SSR. Licensing File links The following pages link to this file: Byelorussian SSR Flag of Byelorussian SSR ... State motto: ÐŸÑ€Ð°Ð»ÐµÑ‚Ð°Ñ€Ñ‹Ñ– ÑžÑÑ–Ñ… ÐºÑ€Ð°Ñ–Ð½, ÑÐ´Ð½Ð°Ð¹Ñ†ÐµÑÑ! Belarusian: Workers of the world, unite! Official language None. ... December 25 is the 359th day of the year (360th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 6 days remaining. ... 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ...

Prior to this, the flag was red with the Cyrillic characters БССР (BSSR) in gold in the top-left corner, surrounded by a gold border. The Cyrillic alphabet (or azbuka, from the old name of the first letters) is an alphabet used to write six natural Slavic languages (Belarusian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Russian, Serbian, and Ukrainian) and many other languages of the former Soviet Union, Asia and Eastern Europe. ...

Between 1937 and the adoption of the above flag in the 1940s, the flag was the same, but with a gold hammer and sickle above the Cyrillic characters and no border. 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... // Events and trends The 1940s were seen as a transition period between the radical 1930s and the conservative 1950s, which also leads the period to be divided in two halves: The first half of the decade was dominated by World War II, the widest and most destructive armed conflict in... The hammer and sickle as it appeared on the Soviet flag The hammer and sickle is a symbol used to represent communism and communist political parties. ...

Between 1919 and 1937, the flag was red, with the Cyrillic characters ССРБ (SSRB) in the top left-hand corner. In early 1919, a plain red flag was used. 1919 (MCMXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Cyrillic alphabet (or azbuka, from the old name of the first letters) is an alphabet used to write six natural Slavic languages (Belarusian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Russian, Serbian, and Ukrainian) and many other languages of the former Soviet Union, Asia and Eastern Europe. ... 1919 (MCMXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...

See also

Current flag of Belarus (since 1995) The current national flag of Belarus was formally adopted on June 7, 1995, following the result of a referendum voted on by the Belarusian people in the previous month. ...

Categories: Flags of the Soviet Union | History of Belarus 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. ... Flag of the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic This flag was adopted by the Armenian SSR on December 17, 1952. ... Flag of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic This flag was adopted by the Azerbaijan SSR on October 7, 1952. ... Flag ratio: 1:2 This flag was adopted by the Estonian SSR on February 6, 1953. ... Flag of the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic This flag was adopted by the Georgian SSR on April 11, 1951. ... Flag of the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic This flag was adopted by the Kazakh SSR on January 24, 1953. ... Flag of the Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic This flag was adopted by the Kirghiz SSR on December 22, 1952. ... Flag of the Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic This flag was adopted by the Latvian SSR on January 17, 1953. ... Flag of the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic This flag was adopted by the Lithuanian SSR on July 15, 1953. ... Flag of the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic This flag was adopted by the Moldavian SSR on January 31, 1952. ... Flag ratio: 1:2 This flag was adopted by the Russian SFSR in 1954. ... Flag of the Tadzhik Soviet Socialist Republic This flag was adopted by the Tadzhik SSR on March 20, 1953. ... Flag of the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic This flag was adopted by the Turkmen SSR on August 1, 1953. ... Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic This flag was adopted by the Ukrainian SSR on November 21, 1949. ... Flag of the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic This flag was adopted by the Uzbek SSR on August 29, 1952. ...