Soviet Flag: 1:4 ratio
July 1923-November 13, 1923

Soviet Flag: 1:2 ratio
12 November 1923 - 25 December 1991

Victory Banner

The Victory Banner raised on the Reichstag in 1945

The first official flag of the Soviet Union was adopted in December of 1922 at the First Congress of Soviets of the USSR. It was agreed that the red banner was transformed from the symbol of the Party to the symbol of a state, and around that flag gathered the peoples of the soviet republics to unite into one state - the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics'. On 30 December 1922 the Congress adopted a Declaration and Agreement on the establishment of the USSR. Article 22 of the Agreement states: 'the USSR has a flag, coat of arms and a state seal.' Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2440x610, 173 KB)The original Soviet flag, uploaded at the request of User:68. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2440x610, 173 KB)The original Soviet flag, uploaded at the request of User:68. ... November 13 is the 317th day of the year (318th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 48 days remaining. ... 1923 (MCMXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union. ... November 12 is the 316th day of the year (317th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 49 days remaining. ... 1923 (MCMXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar). ... December 25 is the 359th day of the year (360th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 6 days remaining in the year. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Image File history File links Russia_Victory_Commemorative_Flag. ... Image File history File links Russia_Victory_Commemorative_Flag. ... Victory Banner (Russian: Знамя Победы, Znamya Pobedy) can refer to three things: The banner that was raised by Red Army soldiers on the Reichstag in Berlin, in 1945. ... Image File history File links Soviet_Znamya_Pobedy. ... Image File history File links Soviet_Znamya_Pobedy. ... Victory Banner (Russian: Знамя Победы, Znamya Pobedy) can refer to three things: The banner that was raised by Red Army soldiers on the Reichstag in Berlin, in 1945. ... The Reichstag building. ... Year 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1945 calendar). ... Year 1922 (MCMXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar). ... December 30 is the 364th day of the year (365th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 1 day remaining. ... Year 1922 (MCMXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar). ...

The description of the first flag was given in the Constitution, accepted in the second session of the Executive Committee (CIK) of the USSR on 6 July 1923. The text of article 71 states: 'The state flag of the Union of SSR consists of a red or scarlet field with states coat of arms'. It was ordered with the unusual 4 to 1 ratio in proportion and consisted of a red flag with the state coat of arms in the center. However, such a flag was never mass produced. This flag was the official flag for four months, and was replaced as the official flag by the more familiar "hammer and sickle" design during the third session of the CIK of the USSR on 12 November 1923. July 6 is the 187th day of the year (188th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 178 days remaining. ... 1923 (MCMXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar). ... Historically, and most generally, the red flag is an international symbol for the blood of angry workers. ... For other uses, see Hammer and sickle (disambiguation). ... November 12 is the 316th day of the year (317th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 49 days remaining. ... 1923 (MCMXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar). ...

In the third session of the CIK of the USSR on 12 November 1923, the description of Soviet flag in the Constitution was changed, and article 71 was edited to be: 'The state flag of the Union of SSR consists of a red or scarlet field, and in the canton a golden sickle and hammer, and a red five-pointed star bordered in gold above them. The ratio of width to length is 1:2.' November 12 is the 316th day of the year (317th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 49 days remaining. ... 1923 (MCMXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar). ...

The newly adopted official flag of the Soviet Union consisted of a plain red flag, with a hammer crossed with a sickle and a red star in the upper hoist. The hammer symbolized the nation's industrial workers, while the sickle symbolized the nation's agricultural workers. The red star represented the rule of the Communist Party. The back side of the flag was red, without symbols. ^{[citation needed]} The Dannebrog, national flag of Denmark. ... Historically, and most generally, the red flag is an international symbol for the blood of angry workers. ... Red star on the Soviet flag The five-pointed red star (a pentagram without the inner pentagon) is a symbol of Communism and Socialism and represents the five fingers of the workers hand, as well as five of six inhabited continents. ... The Communist Party of the Soviet Union (Russian: Коммунисти́ческая Па́ртия Сове́тского Сою́за = КПСС) was the name used by the successors of the Bolshevik faction of the Russian Social-Democratic Labour Party from 1952 to 1991, but the wording Communist Party was present in the partys name since 1918 when the Bolsheviks became the Russian...

A modification to the flag was adopted on 15 August 1980 the color was brightened from a near-burgundy crimson to a brilliant red. August 15 is the 227th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (228th in leap years), with 138 days remaining. ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ...

With the disintegration of the USSR on 25 December 1991, the flag ceased to be a national flag. December 25 is the 359th day of the year (360th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 6 days remaining in the year. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

On April 15, 1996 Boris Yeltsin signed a presidential decree giving the Soviet flag (called the Victory Banner, after the banner that was raised above the Reichstag on May 1, 1945) status similar to that of the national flag. The difference is that the hammer and sickle has been removed from the flag. On certain holidays, the Victory Banner is flown along with the Russian flag. Under President Putin, the Victory Banner was adopted as the official flag of the Russian Army. April 15 is the 105th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (106th in leap years). ... Yeltsin redirects here. ... Victory Banner (Russian: Знамя Победы, Znamya Pobedy) can refer to three things: The banner that was raised by Red Army soldiers on the Reichstag in Berlin, in 1945. ... The Reichstag building. ... May 1 is the 121st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (122nd in leap years). ... Year 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1945 calendar). ... Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin (Russian: ) (born October 7, 1952) is the incumbent President of Russia. ... In russian, word army means armed forces in general. ...

External links

• Flags of the World Soviet Union page