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.

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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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Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic hadSymbol Flag of the Lithuanian SSR