Flags of the Soviet Republics

English: An evolution of flags of all soviet republics

Español: Una evolución de las banderas de todas las repúblicas soviéticas

1923-1924

1924-1936

1936-1955

1955-1991

Flags of the Soviet Republics

Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic

1920-1922

February–March 1922

1936-1940

1940-1952

1952–1990

1990-1991

Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic

1920

1920-1921

1921–1922

1922–1924

1924–1927

1927–1931

1931–1937

1937-1940

1940-1952

1952–1956, variant

1952–1991

1991

Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic

27 February 1919 – 1 April 1919

3 February 1919 – 11 April 1927

11 April 1927 – 19 February 1937

19 February 1937 – 25 December 1951

25 December 1951 – 25 August 1991

25 August 1991 – 10 December 1991

Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic

31 October 1940 – 6 February 1953

6 February 1953 – 7 August 1990

7 August 1990 – 20 August 1991

Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic

1921–1922

1922–1937

1937–1951

1951–1990

1990-1991

Karelo-Finnish Soviet Socialist Republic

20 January 1947 - 3 March 1953

3 March 1953 - 16 July 1956

Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic

1937–1940

1940-1953

1953–1992

Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic

1936-1940

1936-1940, variant

1940-1952

1952-1991

Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic

1918–1920

1940–1953

1953–1967, variant

1953–1990

Flag of Riga protesters with Soviet colors since 1988

1990

Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic

1918–1919

1940–1953

1953–1988

1988–1990/1991

Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic

1941-1952

1952–1990

1990

1990-1991

Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic

14 April 1918

17 June 1918 - 21 January 1937

10 July 1918, early variant

21 January 1937 - 9 January 1954

9 January 1954 – 22 August 1991/1 November 1991

9 January 1954 – 22 August 1991/1 November 1991, Dark blue variant

22 August 1991/1 November 1991 - 25 December 1991

22 August 1991/1 November 1991 - 25 December 1991, variant

Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic

24 February 1931 – 4 July 1935

4 July 1935 - 26 May 1936

26 September 1936 – 1938

1938 – 28 September 1940

28 September 1940 – 1953

20 April 1953 – 9 September 1991

10 September 1991 – 26 December 1991

Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic

1922-1925

1925-1936

Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic

6 October 1926 - 2 March 1937

2 March 1937 - 19 July 1940

19 July 1940 - 1 August 1953

1 August 1953 - 23 September 1974

23 September 1974 - 26 December 1991

Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic

1919-1929

1929-1937

1937-1949

1949–1991

1991

Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic

22 July 1925 - 1927

1927 - 9 May 1929

9 May 1929 - 28 February 1931

28 February 1931 - 1934

1934 - 1935

1935 - 14 February 1937

14 February 1937 - 23 July 1938

23 July 1938 - 16 January 1941

16 January 1941 - 29 August 1952

24 August 1952 - 18 November 1991

18 November 1991 - 25 December 1991

Other republics

Socialist Soviet Republic of Abkhazia 1921-1925

Socialist Soviet Republic of Abkhazia 1925-1931

Bukharan People's Soviet Republic 1920-1921

Bukharan People's Soviet Republic 1921-1923/1924

Bukharan Socialist Soviet Republic 19 September 1924-27 October 1924

Khorezm People's Soviet Republic January 1920-April 30, 1920

Khorezm People's Soviet Republic April 30, 1920-May 1921

Khorezm People's Soviet Republic May 1921-July 1922

Khorezm People's Soviet Republic July 1922-October 23, 1923

Khorezm Socialist Soviet Republic October 23, 1923 – October 2, 1924

Pridnestrovian Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic 1990–1991

Flags of other non-union Soviet republics

Bavarian Soviet Republic 1919

Bessarabian Soviet Socialist Republic 1919

Bremen Soviet Republic 1919

Chinese Soviet Republic 1931–1937

Far Eastern Republic 1920–1922

Donetsk–Krivoy Rog Soviet Republic 1918

Commune of the Working People of Estonia 1918–1919

Finnish Socialist Workers' Republic 1918

Galician Soviet Socialist Republic 1920

Hungarian Soviet Republic 1919

Latvian Socialist Soviet Republic 1918–1920

Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic 1918-1919

Socialist Soviet Republic of Lithuania and Belorussia 1919-1920

Mughan Soviet Republic 1919

Odesa Soviet Republic 1918

Persian Socialist Soviet Republic 1920-1921

Slovak Soviet Republic 1919

Taurida Soviet Socialist Republic 1918

Tuvan People's Republic 1921–1926

Tuvan People's Republic 1921–1926, alternate

Tuvan People's Republic 1926–1930

Tuvan People's Republic 1930–1935

Tuvan People's Republic 1930–1935, alternate

Tuvan People's Republic 1935-, 1939/1941

Tuvan People's Republic 1939–1941

Tuvan People's Republic 1941–1943

Tuvan People's Republic 1943–1944

Tuvan People's Republic 1943–1944

Ukrainian People's Republic of Soviets 1917–1918

Ukrainian Soviet Republic 1918

Flags of the Autonomous Soviet Republics

Abkhaz Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic 7 January 1935 - 2 August 1937, based on the constitution's Russian version

Abkhaz Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic Same flag, based on the Abkhaz version of the constitution

Abkhaz Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic 2 August 1937 - 1938

Abkhaz Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic 2 August 1937 - 1938

Abkhaz Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic 1938 - 26 April 1951

Abkhaz Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic 1938 - 26 April 1951

Abkhaz Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic 26 April 1951 - 1989

Abkhaz Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic 1989 - 23 July 1992

Adjarian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic 1978–1991

Bashkir Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic 11 October 1924 - 23 June 1937

Bashkir Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic 23 June 1937 - 9 February 1938

Bashkir Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic 9 February 1938 - 31 March 1954

Bashkir Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic 31 March 1954 - 25 February 1992

Buryat-Mongol Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic 1937 – 1939

Buryat-Mongol Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic 1939 – 1954

Buryat-Mongol Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic 1954 – 1958

Buryat Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic 1958 – 30 May 1978

Buryat Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic 30 May 1978 – 8 October 1990

Buryat Soviet Socialist Republic 8 October 1990 – 29 October 1992

Checheno-Ingush Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic 1937–1944

Checheno-Ingush Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic 1957–1978

Checheno-Ingush Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic 1978 - 27 November 1990

Checheno-Ingush Soviet Socialist Republic 27 November 1990 - 16 May 1992

Chuvash Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic 3 January 1927 - 31 March 1927

Chuvash Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic 31 March 1927 - 12 February 1931

Chuvash Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic 12 February 1931 - 19 May 1933

Chuvash Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic 19 May 1933 - 18 July 1937

Chuvash Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic 18 July 1937 - 11 June 1940

Chuvash Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic 11 June 1940 - 6 May 1954

Chuvash Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic 6 May 1954 - 26 October 1978

Chuvash Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic 26 October 1978 - 24 October 1990

Chuvash Soviet Socialist Republic 24 October 1990 - 29 April 1992

Crimean Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic 1921-1929

Crimean Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic 1929-1938

Crimean Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic 1938-1941

Crimean Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic 1991-1992

Dagestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic 1925-1927

Dagestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic 1927-1954

Dagestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic 1954 – 13 May 1991

Dagestan Soviet Socialist Republic 13 May 1991 – 26 February 1994

Kabardino-Balkarian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic 24 June 1937 - 26 July 1938

Kabardino-Balkarian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic 26 July 1938 - 10 July 1945

Kabardin Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic 10 July 1945 - 15 June 1954

Kabardin Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic 10 July 1945 - 15 June 1954, variant

Kabardin Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic 15 June 1954 - 29 March 1957

Kabardino-Balkarian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic 29 March 1957 - 26 May 1978

Kabardino-Balkarian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic 26 May 1978 – 31 January 1991

Kabardino-Balkarian Soviet Socialist Republic 31 January 1991 - 21 July 1994

Kalmyk Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic 1937-1938

Kalmyk Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic 1938-1943

Kalmyk Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic 1958 - 18 October 1990

Kalmyk Soviet Socialist Republic 18 October 1990 - 30 October 1992

Karakalpak Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic 1934—1937

Karakalpak Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic 1937—1941

Karakalpak Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic 1941—1952

Karakalpak Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic 1952—1992

Karelian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic 1937–1938

Karelian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic 1938–1940

Karelian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic 1956–1978

Karelian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic 1978 - 24 May 1991

Karelian Soviet Socialist Republic 24 May 1991 - 16 February 1993

Kazakh Autonomous Socialist Soviet Republic 1920-1936

Kirghiz Autonomous Socialist Soviet Republic 1926–1936

Komi Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic 26 May 1937 - 1938

Komi Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic 1938 - 23 July 1954

Komi Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic 23 July 1954 - 27 November 1991

Komi Soviet Socialist Republic 27 November 1991 - 26 May 1992

Mari Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic 21 June 1937 - 19 June 1954

Mari Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic 19 June 1954 - 27 May 1978

Mari Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic 27 May 1978 - 22 October 1990

Mari Soviet Socialist Republic 22 October 1990 - 3 September 1992

Moldavian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic 1925-1932

Moldavian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic 1938-1938

Moldavian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic 1938–1940

Mordovian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic 27 December 1934 - 30 August 1937

Mordovian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic 30 August 1937 - 1954

Mordovian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic 1954 - 7 December 1990

Mordovian Soviet Socialist Republic 7 December 1990 - 30 March 1995

Nakhichevan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic 1921-1926

Nakhichevan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic 1926-1939

Nakhichevan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic 1937-1940

Nakhichevan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic 1940-1945

Nakhichevan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic 1945-1956

Nakhichevan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic 1956-1978

Nakhichevan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic 1978-1990

North Ossetian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic 1937—1938

North Ossetian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic 1938—1954

North Ossetian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic 1954—1981

North Ossetian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic 1981 - 2 October 1991

North Ossetian Soviet Socialist Republic 2 October 1991 - 10 December 1991

North Ossetian Soviet Socialist Republic 10 December 1991 - 9 November 1993

Tajik Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic 23 February 1929 – April 1929

Tajik Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic April 1929 – 24 February 1931

Tatar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic 1926-1937

Tatar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic 1937-1939

Tatar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic 1939-1954

Tatar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic 1954-1978

Tatar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic 1978 - 29 November 1991

Tatar Soviet Socialist Republic 29 November 1991 - 16 May 1992

Turkestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic 1919–1921

Turkestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic 1921–1924

Tuvan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic 1962–1971

Tuvan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic 1971–1978

Tuvan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic 1978 - 12 December 1990

Tuvan Soviet Socialist Republic 12 December 1990 - 17 September 1992

Udmurt Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic 14 March 1937 - 29 March 1954

Udmurt Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic 29 March 1954 - 31 May 1978

Udmurt Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic 31 May 1978 – 24 May 1991

Udmurt Soviet Socialist Republic 24 May 1991 - 4 November 1993

Volga German Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic 1926-1937

Volga German Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic 1937-1941

Yakut Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic 13 February 1926 – 9 March 1937

Yakut Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic 9 March 1937 – 23 March 1939

Yakut Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic 23 March 1939 – 12 June 1954

Yakut Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic 12 June 1954 – 27 October 1978

Yakut Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic 27 October 1978 – 27 September 1990

Yakut Soviet Socialist Republic 27 September 1990 – 14 October 1992

See also: Coats of arms of the Soviet Republics.