Flag of the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic

Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic
(Georgia)
Use Civil and state flag, civil and state ensign
Proportion 1:2
Adopted 11 April 1951
Design A plain red flag with the red hammer and sickle with a red star in a blue sun in canton, blue bar in upper part of flag
Flag of the Georgian SSR / Republic of Georgia (1990–1991)
Use Civil and state flag, civil and state ensign
Proportion 2:3
Adopted 15 November 1990
Flag from 1937-1952
Flag from 1921-1937
A woman holding the flag of Soviet Georgia at the Batumi Stalin Museum.

The flag of the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic was adopted by the Georgian SSR on April 11, 1951.

History

Before 1937 the flag was red with the Georgian characters სსსრ (SSSR) in gold in the top-left corner.

Between 1937 and the adoption of the above flag in the 1940s, the flag was red, with the Georgian characters საქართველოს სსრ (Sakartvelos SSR) in gold in the top-left corner.

Between 1922 and 1937, the flag was red, with the Cyrillic characters ССРГ (SSRG) in the top left-hand corner.

Flag Ratio: 1:2

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