The flag of the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic was adopted by the
Georgian SSR
The Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic (Georgian SSR; ka, საქართველოს საბჭოთა სოციალისტური რესპუბლიკა, tr; russian: Грузинская Советская Соц ...
on April 11, 1951.
It was the only
Union Republic
The Republics of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics or the Union Republics ( rus, Сою́зные Респу́блики, r=Soyúznye Respúbliki) were national-based administrative units of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics ...
flag in which the
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 industr ...
was not gold in colour.
History
Before 1937 the flag was red with the
Georgian characters სსსრ (''SSSR'') in gold in the top-left corner.
Between 1922 and 1937, the flag was red, with the
Cyrillic
The Cyrillic script ( ), Slavonic script or the Slavic script, is a writing system used for various languages across Eurasia. It is the designated national script in various Slavic, Turkic, Mongolic, Uralic, Caucasian and Iranic-speaking co ...
characters ''ССРГ'' (''SSRG'') in the top left-hand corner.
Between 1937 and the adoption of the above flag in the 1940s, the flag was red, with the
Georgian characters საქართველოს სსრ (''Sakartvelos SSR'') in gold in the top-left corner.
The 1951 flag fell into disuse in November 1990 when the flag based on the
Democratic Republic of Georgia
The Democratic Republic of Georgia (DRG; ka, საქართველოს დემოკრატიული რესპუბლიკა ') was the first modern establishment of a republic of Georgia, which existed from May 1918 to F ...
was introduced until the
dissolution of the Soviet Union
The dissolution of the Soviet Union, also negatively connoted as rus, Разва́л Сове́тского Сою́за, r=Razvál Sovétskogo Soyúza, ''Ruining of the Soviet Union''. was the process of internal disintegration within the Sov ...
.
File:Flag of Georgian SSR (1921-1922).svg, Flag from 1921 to 1922
File:Флаг Грузинской ССР (1940-1952).svg, Flag from 1922 to 1937
File:Flag of Georgian SSR (1937-1951).svg, Flag from 1937 to 1951
File:Flag of Georgian SSR.svg, Flag from 1951 to 1990
File:Flag of Georgia (1990-2004).svg, Flag from 1990 to 1991
File:Batumi Stalin Museum Flag of Georgian Socialist Republic.jpg, A woman holding the flag of Soviet Georgia at the Batumi Stalin Museum.
See also
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Flag of the Soviet Union
The State Flag of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (), commonly known as the Soviet flag (), was the official state flag of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) from 1922 to 1991. The flag's design and symbolism are derived fro ...
*
Coat of arms of the Georgian SSR
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Flag of Georgia
Flag of Georgia may refer to:
*Flag of Georgia (country)
The flag of Georgia ( ka, საქართველოს სახელმწიფო დროშა, tr), also known as the five-cross flag ( ka, ხუთჯვრიანი ...
References
External links
Georgia in the Soviet Union(flag)
Flags introduced in 1951
Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic
The Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic (Georgian SSR; ka, საქართველოს საბჭოთა სოციალისტური რესპუბლიკა, tr; russian: Грузинская Советская Соц ...
Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic
National symbols of Georgia (country)
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