The flag of the Lithuanian SSR was first adopted by the
Lithuanian SSR in 1918, which was a plain red flag. After
Lithuanian SSR was established again in 1940, the flag was a red flag with the national name and a
hammer and sickle
The hammer and sickle (Unicode: "☭") zh, s=锤子和镰刀, p=Chuízi hé liándāo or zh, s=镰刀锤子, p=Liándāo chuízi, labels=no is a symbol meant to represent proletarian solidarity, a union between agricultural and industri ...
in the upper canton. The flag in use from 1953 to 1989 was a red flag with the golden hammer and sickle and a gold-bordered red star in its upper canton with a white thin stripe and green thick band on the bottom.
History
During the
Lithuanian–Soviet War, the first Lithuanian SSR used a plain
red flag Red flag may refer to:
* Red flag (idiom), a metaphor for something signalling a problem
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. This was later adopted by
Lithuanian–Byelorussian SSR
The Socialist Soviet Republic of Lithuania and Belorussia (SSR LiB),
* lt, Lietuvos ir Baltarusijos socialistinė tarybų respublika;
* pl, Litewsko-Białoruska Socjalistyczna Republika Rad
* russian: Социалистическая Сове ...
(Litbel).
When Lithuanian SSR was established again as a republic of the USSR, it adopted a new national flag on July 30, 1940. The flag was red with the
Latin characters ''LIETUVOS TSR'' (Lithuanian SSR in the
Lithuanian language) in gold
sans-serif
In typography and lettering, a sans-serif, sans serif, gothic, or simply sans letterform is one that does not have extending features called "serifs" at the end of strokes. Sans-serif typefaces tend to have less stroke width variation than seri ...
typeface in the upper canton, and a gold
hammer and sickle
The hammer and sickle (Unicode: "☭") zh, s=锤子和镰刀, p=Chuízi hé liándāo or zh, s=镰刀锤子, p=Liándāo chuízi, labels=no is a symbol meant to represent proletarian solidarity, a union between agricultural and industri ...
below the text.
[
On July 15, 1953, a new flag was adopted. It was modified to meet the new requirements for all flags of the Soviet socialist republics.][ The top red portion took of the width and incorporated the mandatory ]hammer and sickle
The hammer and sickle (Unicode: "☭") zh, s=锤子和镰刀, p=Chuízi hé liándāo or zh, s=镰刀锤子, p=Liándāo chuízi, labels=no is a symbol meant to represent proletarian solidarity, a union between agricultural and industri ...
and red star
A red star, five-pointed and filled, is a symbol that has often historically been associated with communist ideology, particularly in combination with the hammer and sickle, but is also used as a purely socialist symbol in the 21st century. I ...
. The bottom part could be customized by each republic.[ Lithuania added a narrow white ( of the width) and a larger green ( of the width) strips.][ The green and white stripes thus represented the country's wide fields and forests, which serve the country's agricultural and forestry industries.
On November 18, 1988, the tricolor of Lithuania was adopted as the flag of the SSR, even before Lithuania declared independence in March 1990, being formally re-adopted on 20 March 1989. The Supreme Soviet of the Lithuanian SSR, inspired by pro-independence Sąjūdis, amended the constitution and adopted the tricolor flag of Lithuania that was used during the interwar years.][
]
Legal status
Since Lithuania banned Soviet symbols in 2008, raising or otherwise using the Lithuanian SSR flag in public is illegal.
See also
* Emblem of the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic
* Flag of Lithuania
References
Soviet Socialist Republic
Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic
The Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic (Lithuanian SSR; lt, Lietuvos Tarybų Socialistinė Respublika; russian: Литовская Советская Социалистическая Республика, Litovskaya Sovetskaya Sotsialistiche ...
Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic
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