The flag of the

Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic The Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic ( ro, Republica Sovietică Socialistă Moldovenească, Moldovan Cyrillic: ) was one of the 15 republics of the Soviet Union which existed from 1940 to 1991. The republic was formed on 2 August 1940 ...

was adopted on 31 January 1952. The flag has three horizontal bands of red, green (1/4) and red, with a hammer and sickle in the canton. As defined by the Presidium of the

Supreme Soviet of the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic The Supreme Soviet of the Moldavian SSR ( Moldovan: Советул Супрем ал РСС Молдовенешть, ''Sovietul Suprem al RSS Moldovenești''; Russian: Верховный Совет Молдавской ССР tr. ''Verkhovnyy ...

on the flag description:

History

Moldavian ASSR

Between 1924 and 1940, part of Moldova was organized as the

Moldavian ASSR * ro, Proletari din toate țările, uniți-vă! (Moldovan Cyrillic: ) * uk, Пролетарі всіх країн, єднайтеся! * russian: Пролетарии всех стран, соединяйтесь! , title_leader = First Secr ...

within the

Ukrainian SSR The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic ( uk, Украї́нська Радя́нська Соціалісти́чна Респу́бліка, ; russian: Украи́нская Сове́тская Социалисти́ческая Респ ...

. A red flag, with the gold hammer and sickle in the top-left corner, above the

Cyrillic , bg, кирилица , mk, кирилица , russian: кириллица , sr, ћирилица, uk, кирилиця , fam1 = Egyptian hieroglyphs , fam2 = Proto-Sinaitic , fam3 = Phoenician , fam4 = G ...

characters ''УРСР'' (Ukrainian initials of ''Ukrainian SSR'') and the

Latin Latin (, or , ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally a dialect spoken in the lower Tiber area (then known as Latium) around present-day Rome, but through the power of the ...

characters ''RSSU'' (Moldovan initials of ''Ukrainian SSR'' in Latin script) was adopted in 1938. The Moldovan text on the flag was later changed to ''PCCУ'' (Moldovan initials of ''Ukrainian SSR'' in Cyrillic script).

Moldavian SSR

In 1940, a red flag with the gold hammer and sickle in the top-left corner, with the Cyrillic characters ''РССМ'' (Moldovan initials of ''Moldavian SSR'' in Cyrillic script) above them in gold in a serif font was adopted for the newly founded Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic. With ''

perestroika ''Perestroika'' (; russian: links=no, перестройка, p=pʲɪrʲɪˈstrojkə, a=ru-perestroika.ogg) was a political movement for reform within the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) during the late 1980s widely associated wit ...

'' in force, the Moldovan nationalism came in place with the

Popular Front of Moldova The Popular Front of Moldova ( ro, Frontul Popular din Moldova) was a political movement in the Moldavian SSR, one of the 15 union republics of the former Soviet Union, and in the newly independent Moldova, Republic of Moldova. Formally, the Fron ...

being involved. On 27 April 1990, the new flag of the Moldavian SSR consisted of the Romanian tricolor with the emblem of the Moldavian SSR in the centre. However, it was decided to use the flag without the emblem until new symbols were worked on. When Moldavia declared sovereignty in June 1990, the new flag was adopted on 6 November 1990 and remains the

flag of Moldova The national flag of the Republic of Moldova ( ro, Drapelul Moldovei) is a vertical triband of blue, yellow, and red, charged with the coat of arms of Moldova (an eagle holding a shield charged with an aurochs) on the centre bar. The reverse i ...

to this day.

Use in Transnistria

The 1952 flag is readopted as the

flag of Transnistria Transnistria is a region in Eastern Europe that is under the effective control of the self-declared Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic but is recognized by the international community as an administrative unit of Moldova, the Administrative-Territ ...

, a breakaway region which is recognised as Moldova's territory by the

United Nations The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and international security, security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and be ...

References

External links

Flag of Moldavian SSR at www.crwflags.com (1)
(in Russian)