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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 symbol is in the upper left canton of the red flag. The colour red honours the red flag of the Paris Commune of 1871; the red star and the hammer and sickle are symbols of communism and socialism.
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.
State flag of the Soviet Union: The first flag of the Soviet Union is a red flag with the state emblem in the center and fimbriated in white. 1923–1924: The second flag of the Soviet Union with the golden fimbriated canton, adopted shortly after the end of the Russian Civil War. 1924–1936: The third flag of the Soviet Union. 1936–1955
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.
Flag of the Kabardino-Balkarian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic; Flag of the Karakalpak Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic; Flag of the Karelo-Finnish Soviet Socialist Republic; Flag of the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic; Flag of the Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic; Flag of the Komi Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
1929 in the Soviet Union (9 C, 11 P) A. ... Pages in category "1920s in the Soviet Union" ... History of the Soviet Union (1927–1953)
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The USSR State motto, Workers of the world, unite!, in both the republic's language and some Russian was also placed on each one of them. In addition to those repetitive motifs, emblems of many Soviet republics also included features that were characteristic of their local landscapes, economies or cultures.