The flag of the Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic shows a yellow hammer and sickle and outlined star on a red field above rippling water at the bottom,[1] and was adopted by the (former) Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic on January 17, 1953.
History
The first socialist Latvian state, the Latvian Socialist Soviet Republic, shown a red flag with the inscription LSPR.
Prior to this, from 25 August 1940, the flag was red with the gold hammer and sickle in the top-left corner, with the Latin characters LPSR (Latvijas Padomju Sociālistiskā Republika) above them in gold in a serif font.
The Soviet-era flag was officially replaced on 27 February 1990, when the national flag of Latvia was reintroduced. Since 2013, the use of a Latvian SSR flag at public events is banned.[2]
Gallery
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Flag of the Latvian SSR (1918–1920) -
Flag of the Latvian SSR (1940–1953) -
![Early variant of the flag of the Latvian SSR (1953–1967)[3]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Flag_of_the_Latvian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_%281953-1967_variant%29.svg/120px-Flag_of_the_Latvian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_%281953-1967_variant%29.svg.png)
Early variant of the flag of the Latvian SSR (1953–1967)[3] -
Flag of the Latvian SSR (1953–1990) -
Flag of the Republic of Latvia (1990–1991)
![Early variant of the flag of the Latvian SSR (1953–1967)[3]](https://naturehabitats.org/knowledge-base/purple-beech/?rdp_we_resource=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FFile%3AFlag_of_the_Latvian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_%281953-1967_variant%29.svg)
See also
- Coat of arms of the Latvian SSR
- Flag of the Soviet Union
- Flag of Latvia
- Flag of the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic — a visually similar flag
- Flag of Kiribati — a visually similar flag
References
- ^ Guide to the Flags of the World by Mauro Talocci, revised and updated by Whitney Smith (ISBN 0-688-01141-1), p. 20.
- ^ "Latvia Bans Soviet Symbols". 23 June 2013.
- ^ Book by Latvian Vexillologist Aloizs Luksa
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