Flag of the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic

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Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic
(Lithuania)
state ensign Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flagSmall vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flagSmall vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flag
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
UseReverse flag
Proportion1:2
The flag on a 1960 stamp marking the 20th anniversary of the Lithuanian SSR.

The flag of the Lithuanian SSR was first adopted by the

Lithuanian SSR in 1918, which was a plain red flag. After the Lithuanian SSR was established again in 1940, the flag was a red flag with the national name and a hammer and sickle
in the upper canton. 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.

History

During the

Lithuanian–Byelorussian SSR
(Litbel).

When Lithuanian SSR was established again as a republic of the USSR, it adopted a new national flag on 30 July 1940. The flag was red with the Latin characters LIETUVOS TSR (Lithuanian SSR in the Lithuanian language) in gold sans-serif typeface in the upper canton, and a gold hammer and sickle below the text.[1]

On 15 July 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 18 November 1988, the tricolour of Lithuania was adopted as the flag of the SSR, even before Lithuania

Supreme Soviet of the Lithuanian SSR, inspired by pro-independence Sąjūdis, amended the constitution and adopted the tricolour flag of Lithuania that was used during the interwar years.[3]

  • Flag of the Lithuanian SSR and Lithuanian–Byelorussian SSR (1918–1919)
    Flag of the Lithuanian SSR and Lithuanian–Byelorussian SSR (1918–1919)
  • Flag of the Lithuanian SSR (1940–1953)
    Flag of the Lithuanian SSR (1940–1953)
  • Flag of the Lithuanian SSR (1953–1988)
    Flag of the Lithuanian SSR (1953–1988)
  • Flag of the Lithuanian SSR (1988–1990/1991)
    Flag of the Lithuanian SSR (1988–1990/1991)

Since Lithuania banned Soviet symbols in 2008, raising or otherwise using the Lithuanian SSR flag in public is illegal.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^
    ISBN 9955-601-73-6
    .
  2. OCLC 4665952
    .
  3. ^ "The Lithuanian State flag". Seimas. 2006-01-17. Retrieved 2009-11-08.
  4. ^ "Lithuanian penal code". 2021-11-05. Archived from the original on 17 July 2021.
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