The flag of the

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

was created in 1925, when the

All-Ukrainian Congress of Soviets The All-Ukrainian Congress of Soviets ( uk, Всеукраїнський з'їзд Рад, russian: Всеукраинский съезд Советов) was the supreme governing body of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic from 1917–38. F ...

approved the Constitution of the Moldavian ASSR, on 10 May. Thus, in Section VII, Article 48, the Constitution stipulated that: ''"The Moldavian ASSR has its own state emblem and flag, set by the Moldavian Central Executive Committee and confirmed by the Ukrainian Central Executive Committee"''. On 4 September 1925, the Presidium of the Central Executive Committee of the Moldavian ASSR discussed the issue "the contest for drafting the emblem and flag and its jury, consisting of representatives of top party bodies and authorities of the Republic". On 21 September 1925, the small Presidium of the Central Executive Committee, headed by I. N. Chior-Ianachi, resumed "the examining of the state emblem and flag of the Moldavian ASSR". Concerning the flag, the Presidium decided: After this, the 19 October 1925, the Central Executive Committee of the Moldavian ASSR adopted the drafts of the state emblem and the flag of Moldavian ASSR. On 6 January 1938, the 7th extraordinary Congress of Soviets of the Moldavian ASSR adopted the second Moldavian Constitution, the flag being described as:

Art 112. State Flag of the Moldavian ASSR is the flag of Ukrainian SSR, which consists of a red cloth, which has on the upper left corner, near the hoist, a gold hammer and sickle and the letters "
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" in Ukrainian and Moldovan, and below the "USSR" initials, with a smaller font, "Moldavian ASSR" in Ukrainian and Moldovan.

The " Moldovan" text was written using the

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. A few months later the same year, the flag changed as the "Moldovan" names were written using Cyrillic. This flag went out of use on 2 August 1940, when the Moldavian ASSR was abolished, its territory being divided between the newly created

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 ...

and the

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

Bibliography

* Silviu Andrieş-Tabac, ''Heraldica teritorială a Basarabiei şi Transnistriei'', Ed. Museum, Chişinău, 1998, p. 116 - 119. * V. Lomanţov ''Drapelele Moldovei''.
Flags of Moldavian ASSR at vexillographia.ru

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