Flag of the Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic

Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic
(Kirghizia)
Proportion 1:2
Adopted 22 December 1952
Design A red field with a golden hammer and sickle and a gold-bordered red star in its upper canton with two navy blue bars and a whit stripe in the middle of the flag.
Flag of the Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic without the hammer and sickle. (Also used before 1992).
Use Reverse flag
Proportion 1:2
1936-1952

The flag of Kirghiz SSR was adopted by the on December 22, 1952. The 1978 constitution of the Kirghiz SSR states that the ratio of the flag is 1:2 with the blue/white/blue stripes in the middle taking the 1/3 of flag height white stripes on the 1/20 of flag height.

Prior to this, the flag was red with gold Cyrillic characters in the top-left corner, КЫРГЫЗ ССР (Kyrghyz SSR) and КИРГИЗСКАЯ ССР (Kirgizskaja SSR) in a serif font.

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