Flag of the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic

The flag of the Lithuanian SSR was first adopted by the Lithuanian SSR in 1940. The flag in use from 1953 to 1988 was a red flag with the golden hammer and sickle and a gold-bordered red star in its upper canton with a white thin stripe and green thick band on the bottom.

Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic
(Lithuania)
Flag of the Lithuanian SSR (1953–1988)
UseHistorical
Proportion1:2
Adopted15 July 1953
DesignA red flag with the golden hammer and sickle and a gold-bordered red star in its upper canton with the white thin stripe and green thick band on the bottom.
Designed byAntanas Žmuidzinavičius
Reverse flag
UseHistorical
Proportion1:2

History

The first flag of the Lithuanian SSR was adopted on July 30, 1940. The flag was red with a gold hammer and sickle in the top-left corner, and the Latin characters LIETUVOS TSR (Lithuanian SSR in the Lithuanian language) above them in gold sans-serif lettering.[1]

On July 15, 1953, a new flag was adopted. It was modified to meet the new requirements for all flags of the Soviet socialist republics.[1] The top red portion took ​2⁄3 of the width and incorporated the mandatory hammer and sickle and red star. The bottom part could be customized by each republic.[1] Lithuania added a narrow white (​1⁄12 of the width) and a larger green (​1⁄4 of the width) strips.[2] The green and white stripes thus represented the country's wide fields and forests, which serve the country's agricultural and forestry industries.

On November 18, 1988, the tricolor of Lithuania was adopted as the flag of the SSR, even before Lithuania declared independence in March 1990. The Supreme Soviet of the Lithuanian SSR, inspired by pro-independence Sąjūdis, amended the constitution and adopted the tricolor flag of Lithuania that was used during the interwar years.[3]

  • Flag of the Lithuanian SSR (1940–1953)
  • Flag of the Lithuanian SSR (1953–1988)
  • Flag of the Lithuanian SSR (1988–1990/1991)

See also

References
  1. Rimša, Edmundas (2005). Heraldry: Past to Present. Versus aureus. pp. 92–94. ISBN 9955-601-73-6.
  2. Lietuvos Tarybų Socialistinės Respublikos Konstitucija (in Lithuanian). Mintis. 1978. OCLC 4665952.
  3. "The Lithuanian State flag". Seimas. 2006-01-17. Retrieved 2009-11-08.


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