Flag of the Lithuanian SSR
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The Flag of the Lithuanian SSR was the official red Soviet-era state flag of Lithuania featuring communist symbols and later a distinctive green stripe, used while the country was a republic within the USSR.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
national flag
ⓘ
state flag ⓘ |
| abolishedAsOfficialFlag | 1989 ⓘ |
| adopted | 1953 ⓘ |
| associatedEvent |
Soviet occupation of Lithuania
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sovietization of Lithuania NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithRegime | Soviet regime in Lithuania ⓘ |
| backgroundColor | red field ⓘ |
| category |
Flags introduced in 1953
ⓘ
Flags of the Soviet Socialist Republics NERFINISHED ⓘ Historical flags of Lithuania ⓘ |
| civilUse | public buildings in the Lithuanian SSR ⓘ |
| color |
green
ⓘ
red ⓘ white ⓘ |
| country | Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| designElement |
horizontal green stripe at the bottom
ⓘ
narrow white stripe above the green stripe ⓘ |
| government | Communist Party of Lithuania NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governmentUse | state institutions of the Lithuanian SSR ⓘ |
| greenStripeHeight | one-fifth of flag height ⓘ |
| historicalEra | Cold War ⓘ |
| ideologySymbolized |
Soviet socialism
ⓘ
communism ⓘ |
| legalStatus | defined by constitution of the Lithuanian SSR ⓘ |
| locatedSymbol | hammer and sickle and star in upper hoist corner GENERATED ⓘ |
| opposedBy | Lithuanian independence movement NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | flags of Soviet Socialist Republics ⓘ |
| politicalSystemContext | communist state ⓘ |
| proportion | 1:2 ⓘ |
| replaced | earlier plain red flag of the Lithuanian SSR with inscriptions ⓘ |
| replacedBy | Flag of Lithuania NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| replacedInPracticeDuring | Singing Revolution in Lithuania NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scriptLanguageOnEarlierVersion |
Lithuanian
ⓘ
Russian ⓘ |
| scriptOnEarlierVersion |
Cyrillic letters "ЛССР"
ⓘ
golden letters "LTSR" ⓘ |
| status | former national flag ⓘ |
| successorFlag | tricolor flag of Lithuania (yellow-green-red) ⓘ |
| symbol |
gold-bordered red star
ⓘ
golden hammer and sickle ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Soviet Union NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFrom | 1953 ⓘ |
| usedInCapital | Vilnius NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedUntil | 1988 ⓘ |
| visualMotif | typical Soviet red flag with republic-specific stripe pattern ⓘ |
| whiteStripeHeight | one-twentieth of flag height ⓘ |
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