Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic

Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
(Ukraine)
Use State and war flag
Proportion 1:2
Adopted 5 July 1950
Design A horizontal bicolor of red over azure (light blue) with the golden hammer and sickle and gold-bordered star on top of the canton

The first flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic was adopted on March 10, 1919 to serve as the symbol of state of the Ukrainian SSR. Details of the official flag changed periodically before the break-up of the Soviet Union in 1991, but all had as their basis the red flag of the October Revolution. According to the decree of the Presidium of Supreme Soviet of Ukrainian SSR on 21 November 1949, the blue in the bottom symbolizes the mightiness and beauty of the people, and the blue banner of Bohdan Khmelnytsky.[1]

History

Before this 1919 flag, a flag in 1918 was used with red and blue, with yellow stripes in the canton.

The first flag was red with the gold Cyrillic sans-serif letters У.С.С.Р. (USSR, acronym for Ukrayinskaya Sotsialisticheskaya Sovetskaya Respublika (Ukrainian Socialist Soviet Republic) in the Russian language). A decade later, the Ukrainian initials У.С.Р.Р. appeared (USRR, for Ukrayinsʹka Sotsialistychna Radyansʹka Respublika). In the 1930s a gold border was added. In 1937, a new flag was adopted, with a small gold hammer and sickle added above the gold Cyrillic serif letters У.Р.С.Р. (the name had changed, transposing the second and third words).

Flag of the Ukrainian SSR (1919–1929)
Flag of the Ukrainian SSR (1929–1937)
Flag of the Ukrainian SSR (1937–1950)

The Soviet Union and two of its republics (Ukraine and Byelorussia) all became members of the nascent United Nations (UN) in 1945. Since all of their flags were red with only small markings in upper left corner, the UN demanded changes to the flags in 1949.[2] To comply, the Ukrainian Soviet authorities dropped the lettering and added a blue horizontal stripe (​1⁄3 of the width). Ukraine adopted this new design as its official flag on July 5, 1950.[3] Other constituent republics of the Soviet Union soon followed suit and customized the bottom third of their flags.[2]

While the Soviet flag was flown in the later months of 1991, even after the failed coup, the blue-yellow flag was gradually re-introduced between March 14, 1990 beginning at town of Stryi until its independence on August 24, 1991.

In 2015 the use of the flag was officially banned in Ukraine.

Early variant of the flag of the Ukrainian SSR, before the unification of details
Flag of the Ukrainian SSR (1949–1991)

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Flagi UkrSSR" Флаги УкрССР [Flags of the Ukrainian SSR]. www.vexillographia.ru. Retrieved 2017-12-22. The blue colour symbolised the greatness and beauty of the people, as well as the "colour of the banners of Bogdan Khmelnitsky"
  2. 1 2 (Edmundas), Rimša, E. (2005). Heraldry : past to present. Vilnius: Versus Aureus. pp. 93–94. ISBN 9955601736. OCLC 67064469.
  3. ↑ "Zakon URSR ot 05.07.1950, Pro zatverdzhennya Ukaziv Prezydiyi Verkhovnoyi Rady Ukrayinsʹkoyi RSR "Pro Derzhavny herb Ukrayinsʹkoyi RSR" ta "Pro Derzhavny prapor Ukrayinsʹkoyi RSR"" Закон УРСР от 05.07.1950, Про затвердження Указів Президії Верховної Ради Української РСР "Про Державний герб Української РСР" та "Про Державний прапор Української РСР" [Law of the USSR dated July 5, 1950, On Approval of Decrees of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR "On the State Emblem of the Ukrainian SSR" and "On the State Flag of the Ukrainian SSR"]. search.ligazakon.ua. Retrieved 2017-12-22.
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