Flag of the Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic
Flag of the Latvian SSR (1953–1990) | |
| Use | Civil and state flag, civil and state ensign |
|---|---|
| Proportion | 1:2 |
| Adopted | 17 January 1953 |
| Design | A plain red flag with a golden hammer and sickle and a gold-bordered red star in its upper canton with the blue and white rippling water at the bottom. |
Reverse flag | |
| Use | Reverse flag |
| Proportion | 1:2 |
| Design | A red field with a blue-white wave pattern on the bottom. |
The flag of the Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic shows a yellow hammer and sickle and outlined star on a red field above rippling water at the bottom,[1] and was adopted by the former Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic on January 17, 1953.
History
The first socialist Latvian state, the Latvian Socialist Soviet Republic, shown a red flag with the inscription LSPR.
Prior to this, from 25 August 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.
The Soviet-era flag was officially replaced on 27 February 1990, when the national flag of Latvia was reintroduced. Since 2013, the use of a Latvian SSR flag at public events is banned.[2]
Gallery
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Flag of the Latvian SSR (1918–1920)
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Flag of the Latvian SSR (1940–1953)
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Early variant of the flag of the Latvian SSR (1953–1967)[3]
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Flag of the Latvian SSR (1953–1990)
See also
References
- ^ Guide to the Flags of the World by Mauro Talocci, revised and updated by Whitney Smith (ISBN 0-688-01141-1), p. 20.
- ^ "Latvia Bans Soviet Symbols". 23 June 2013.
- ^ Book by Latvian Vexillologist Aloizs Luksa
