NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Flag of Lithuanian SSR

Prior to this, the flag was red with a gold hammer and sickle in the top-left corner, and the Latin characters LIETUVOS TSR above them in gold in a sans-serif font.

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	Flag of the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic This flag was adopted by the Armenian SSR on December 17, 1952.
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The Lithuanian State flag (1571 words)
	Therefore they did not approve of the flag of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania as a symbol of the nation re-establishing its national identity, moreover, the knight on the red field was perceived as the flag of the Lithuanian State rather than the flag of the nation.
	The flag used as the State flag in 1918–1940 was reintroduced as the State flag of the Republic of Lithuania in 1988 (on 7 October 1988 it was solemnly hoisted on the tower of Gediminas Castle).
	The State (national) flag is a piece of cloth consisting of three equal horizontal stripes: yellow (the upper), green (the middle), and red (the lower); its width to length ratio is 1 to 2.

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