Flag of the Soviet Union
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The State Flag of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, also simply known as the Soviet flag or the Red Banner, is a red flag with two communist symbols displayed in the canton: a gold hammer and s
Raising a Flag over the Reichstag
The Soviet flag along with an assortment of Russian and Soviet military flags
1954 poster featuring flags of the 16 republics at the time
Flags of the Soviet Republics flown during a parade in Kishinev, the capital of the Moldavian SSR
The flags of the Soviet Socialist Republics were all defaced versions of the flag of the Soviet Union, which featured a golden hammer and sickle and a gold-bordered red star on a red field.
Flag of the Soviet Union
…flag's reverse side, though the legal description remained completely unchanged. The design of the 1955 Soviet flag served as the basis for all of the flags of the Union Republics. The flag of the Soviet Union consisted of a plain red flag with a gold hammer crossed with a gold sickle placed beneath a gold-bordered red star. This…
Remaining uses of Soviet republic flags visible during the signing of the Alma-Ata Protocol.