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  2. Flag of the Soviet Union - Wikipedia

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    The red star represents the Communist Party, and its position over the hammer and sickle symbolises its leading role in socialist society to unify and enlighten the workers and peasants in the building of a communist society. The flag's design was legislated in 1955, which gave a clear way to define and create the flag.

  3. Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic

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    The flag of the Russian SFSR was a defacement of the flag of the USSR. The constitution stipulated: The state flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (SFSR) presents itself as a red, rectangular sheet with a light-blue stripe at the pole extending all the width [read height] which constitutes one eighth length of the flag.

  4. List of Russian flags - Wikipedia

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    State flag of the Russian SFSR: A proposal for the state flag of the RSFSR was created by artist Alexey Kokorekin . It added white and blue horizontal stripes at the bottom, both two stripes took 1 ⁄ 6 of the flag's height. c. 1949: State flag of the Russian SFSR: Another proposal with the traditional Russian tricolour at the bottom. c. 1950

  5. Flags of the Soviet Republics - Wikipedia

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    The flag of the Soviet Union served as a starting point for each Soviet Republic's own flag.. 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 (the only exception being the Georgian SSR, which used a red hammer and sickle and a fully red star) on a red field.

  6. National symbols of Russia - Wikipedia

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    The Russian Federation has several official national symbols including a historical document, a flag, an emblem, a national anthem. The current design of the national flag is the same as the Russian Empire and was officially adopted again after the dissolution of the Soviet Union .

  7. Flag of Russia - Wikipedia

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    Two accounts of the flag's origin connect it to the tricolour used by the Dutch Republic (the Statenvlag, later the flag of the Netherlands). [1] [2]The earliest mention of the flag occurs during the reign of Alexis I, in 1668, and is related to the construction of the first Russian naval ship, the frigate Oryol.

  8. Emblems of the Soviet Republics - Wikipedia

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    USSR republics coat of arms display on USSR State Television.. The emblems of the constituent republics of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics all featured predominantly the hammer and sickle and the red star that symbolized communism, as well as a rising sun (although in the case of the Latvian SSR, since the Baltic Sea is west of Latvia, it could be interpreted as a setting sun ...

  9. Hammer and sickle - Wikipedia

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    Two federal subjects of the post-Soviet Russian Federation use the hammer and sickle in their symbols: the Vladimir Oblast has them on its flag and the Bryansk Oblast has them on its flag and coat of arms, which is also the central element of its flag. In addition, the Russian city of Oryol also uses the hammer and sickle on its flag. [citation ...