Ukrainian SSR

The first flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic contains a red background with the hammer and sickle in an unknown position, with a blue bar in the bottom. It was adopted on 10 March 1919 to serve as the symbol of state of the Ukrainian SSR. Details of the official flag changed periodically before the break-up of the Soviet Union in 1991, but all had as their basis the red flag of the October Revolution. According to the decree of the Presidium of Supreme Soviet of Ukrainian SSR on 21 November 1949, the blue in the bottom symbolises the mightiness and beauty of the people, and the blue banner of Bohdan Khmelnytsky. On 21 May 2015, the use of the flag was made illegal during Ukraine's decommunization.
Category:Ukraine
Category:Soviet Union
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Category:Hammer and sickle
Category:SSR
Category:Banned
Category:Ukraine historical flags