This flag was adopted by the Latvian SSR on January 17, 1953. Flag of the Latvian SSR. Created in Corel Draw by Michael Reeve, 15 May 2004. ... Flag of the Latvian SSR. Created in Corel Draw by Michael Reeve, 15 May 2004. ... State motto: Visu zemju proletārieši, savienojieties! Official language According to the constitution, all languages were equal. ... January 17 is the 17th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1953 is a common year starting on Thursday. ...
Prior to this, from August 25, 1940, the flag was red with the gold hammer and sickle in the top-left corner, with the Latin characters LPSR (Latvijas Padomju Sociālistiskā Republika) above them in gold in a serif font. August 25 is the 237th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (238th in leap years), with 128 days remaining. ... 1940 was a leap year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... 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. ... The Latin alphabet, also called the Roman alphabet, is the most widely used alphabetic writing system in the world, the standard script of the English language and most of the languages of western and central Europe, and of those areas settled by Europeans. ...
See also: Flag of the Soviet Union, Flag of Latvia The first official flag of the Soviet Union was adopted in July of 1923. ... Flag ratio: 1:2 The flag of Latvia was adopted on February 27, 1990. ...
The LatvianSSR was a Soviet Republic, and a constituent part of the Soviet Union between 1940 and 1991.
The LatvianSSR was restored in the autumn of 1944 after Soviet Army assumed control over most of its territory thus occupying Latvia for the second time.
The LatvianSSR, along with the other Baltic Soviet Republics was allowed greater autonomy in the late 1980s, and in 1988 the old pre-war Flag of Latvia was allowed to be used, and replaced the Soviet Latvianflag as the official flag in 1990.
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