Flag of the Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic
Flag of the U.S.S.R. republic of Latvia
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The flag of the Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic shows a yellow hammer and sickle and outlined star on a red field above rippling water at the bottom,[1] and was adopted by the former Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic on January 17, 1953.
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| Use | Civil and state flag, civil and state ensign |
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| Proportion | 1:2 |
| Adopted | 17 January 1953 |
| Relinquished | 27 February 1990 |
| Design | A plain red flag with a golden hammer and sickle and a gold-bordered red star in its upper canton with the blue and white rippling water at the bottom. |
.svg) Reverse flag | |
| Use | Civil and state flag, civil and state ensign  |
| Latvijas karogs | |
 Flag of the Latvian SSR (1990) and the Republic of Latvia (1990–) | |
| Use | Civil and state flag, civil ensign    |
| Proportion | 1:2 |
| Adopted | 27 February 1990 |
| Design | A carmine red field bisected by a narrow white stripe (one-fifth the width of the flag). |
| Designed by | Ansis Cīrulis |
History
The first socialist Latvian state, the Latvian Socialist Soviet Republic, shown a red flag with the inscription LSPR.
Prior to this, from 25 August 1940, the flag was red with the gold hammer and sickle in the top-left corner, with the Latin characters LPSR (Latvijas Padomju Sociālistiskā Republika) above them in gold in a serif font.
The Soviet-era flag was officially replaced on 27 February 1990, when the national flag of Latvia was reintroduced. Since 2013, the use of a Latvian SSR flag at public events is banned.[2]
Gallery
Flag of the Latvian SSR (1918–1920)
Flag of the Latvian SSR (1940–1953)
Early variant of the flag of the Latvian SSR (1953–1967)[3]
Flag of the Latvian SSR (1953–1990)
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