Flag of the Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic

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Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic
(Kirghizia)
Proportion1:2
Adopted22 December 1952
DesignA red field with a golden hammer and sickle and a gold-bordered red star in its upper canton with two navy blue bars and a white stripe in the middle of the flag.
Flag of the Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic without the hammer and sickle. (Also used before 1992).
UseReverse flag
Proportion1:2
1936-1952

The flag of Kirghiz SSR was adopted by the on December 22, 1952. The 1978 constitution of the Kirghiz SSR states that the ratio of the flag is 1:2 with the blue/white/blue stripes in the middle taking 13 of the flag height and the white stripes 120 of flag height.

History

Prior to this, the flag was red with gold Cyrillic characters in the top-left corner, КЫРГЫЗ ССР (Kyrgyz SSR) and КИРГИЗСКАЯ ССР (Kirgizskaya SSR) in a serif font.

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