Flag of the Russian SFSR

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national flag state flag

The Flag of the Russian SFSR was the red Soviet-era state flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, featuring communist symbols such as the hammer and sickle and later a blue vertical stripe near the hoist.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf national flag ⓘ
state flag ⓘ
adopted 1918 ⓘ
1954 ⓘ
aspectRatio 1:2 ⓘ
associatedWith Communist Party of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic ⓘ
surface form: Communist Party of the Soviet Union structures in the RSFSR

Soviet government institutions in Russia ⓘ
backgroundColor red field ⓘ
category Flags introduced in 1954 ⓘ
Flags of former countries ⓘ
Socialist heraldry ⓘ
color blue ⓘ
gold ⓘ
red ⓘ
country Russian SFSR ⓘ
surface form: Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
designElement blue vertical stripe at the hoist ⓘ
gold-bordered red star above hammer and sickle ⓘ
golden hammer and sickle in canton ⓘ
era Soviet era ⓘ
government Supreme Soviet of the Russian SFSR ⓘ
surface form: Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic government
ideologySymbolized communism ⓘ
socialism ⓘ
inspiredBy Flag of the Soviet Union ⓘ
languageOfInscription Russian ⓘ
legalBasis constitution of the Russian SFSR ⓘ
decrees of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR ⓘ
partOf flags of the Soviet Socialist Republics ⓘ
politicalEntityTypeSymbolized Soviet republic ⓘ
readoptedOrRedesigned 1954 ⓘ
relinquished 1991 ⓘ
replaced earlier plain red RSFSR flags with inscriptions ⓘ
replacedBy Flag of the Government of Russia ⓘ
surface form: Flag of Russia
scriptOfInscription Cyrillic ⓘ
scriptOnFlag initials “РСФСР” on early versions ⓘ
sharesSymbolWith Flag of the Soviet Union ⓘ
status historical flag ⓘ
symbol hammer and sickle ⓘ
red star ⓘ
timePeriodOfUse 1918–1991 ⓘ
1954–1991 (final design) ⓘ
usedAs civil flag ⓘ
government flag ⓘ
state flag ⓘ
usedBy Russia ⓘ
Russian SFSR ⓘ
surface form: Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
usedDuring Cold War ⓘ
Russian Civil War ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
usedIn Soviet Union ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

RSFSR → flag → Flag of the Russian SFSR ⓘ
this entity surface form: Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
Russian SFSR → flag → Flag of the Russian SFSR ⓘ