Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic

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Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
Flag of the Russian SFSR.svg
Flag of the Russian SFSR (1954–1991)
Use Civil and state flag, civil and state ensign FIAV 110110.svg FIAV twosided.svg
Proportion1:2
Adopted9 January 1954
Relinquished22 August 1991 (de facto)
1 November 1991 (de jure)
Design FIAV historical.svg A red flag with a light-blue stripe at the pole, with a gold-bordered red star and a hammer and sickle.
Designed byValentin Petrovich Viktorov
Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (1954-1991, reverse).svg
Reverse flag
Proportion1:2
DesignA red field with a light blue strip on the hoist side.
Flag of the Russian SFSR (right) on a 1954 stamp with the flag of the Ukrainian SSR (left). The stamp celebrates the 300th anniversary of the reunification of Ukraine with Russia. Stamp of USSR 1762.jpg
Flag of the Russian SFSR (right) on a 1954 stamp with the flag of the Ukrainian SSR (left). The stamp celebrates the 300th anniversary of the reunification of Ukraine with Russia.

The penultimate USSR-era flag was adopted by the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (RSFSR) in 1954 and used until 1991. The flag of the Russian SFSR was a defacement of the flag of the USSR. The constitution stipulated:

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The state flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (SFSR) presents itself as a red, rectangular sheet with a light-blue stripe at the pole extending all the width [read height] which constitutes one eighth length of the flag.

The symbol of the hammer and sickle represented the working class; more specifically, the hammer represented the urban industrial workers and the sickle represented the rural and agricultural peasants. The red star represented the Communist Party and Communism. The red of the flag represented revolution in general and the Russian Revolution in particular. The blue stripe symbolized the wide Russian skies and the waters of its seas and rivers.

History

The first flag of the Russian SFSR, adopted on 14 April 1918, was a flag showing the full name of the recently created Soviet republic before the then imminent Russian spelling reform. Its ratio was unspecified.

From June 1918, the flag was red with the gold Cyrillic characters РСФСР (RSFSR) in the top-left corner, in a traditional Vyaz' style of ornamental Cyrillic calligraphy.

From 1920, the characters were redesigned as described by the Russian Constitution of 1925. However, this flag was oftentimes not used, with the 1918 flag being used until 1937.

Detailed construction sheet for the Russian SFSR flag issued on 22 January 1981. Flag RSFSR datasheet.jpg
Detailed construction sheet for the Russian SFSR flag issued on 22 January 1981.

In February 1947, the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR issued a resolution urging the Soviet republics to adopt new flags. The design was suggested to be based on the state flag of the USSR, as to indicate the idea of the republic within the union, and to include colors and national ornaments to express the geographical, national, historical and cultural characteristics of each republic. In the Russian SFSR, the chairman of the Secretary of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet Peter Bakhmurov  [ ru ] opened the first meeting the next month to redesign the national flag.

On 9 January 1954, the new national flag of the RSFSR was approved by the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR. [2] The flag was designed by artist Valentin Petrovich Viktorov. On 2 June 1954, the description of the flag was included in the Constitution of the RSFSR. [3]

After the attempted coup of 1991, Boris Yeltsin, the president of the Russian SFSR adopted a resolution that the imperial tricolor flag of the Russian Empire would be the flag of RSFSR. On 22 August 1991 the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR decided: [4]

Prior to the establishment of the new state symbol of the Russian Federation, the historical flag of Russia – the flag with equal horizontal white, azure, scarlet stripes should be regarded as the official national flag of the Russian Federation.

It was first hoisted at 12:00 pm on 22 August 1991 at the White House. A tricolor with the hammer and sickle on the centre was also later proposed. [1]

On 1 November 1991, the Constitution of the RSFSR was amended to adopt the white-azure-scarlet flag as the official national flag. [5] [6]

Proposed flag of the Russian SFSR

Since the first meeting for creating new national flag of the RFSFR in March 1947, some proposals were sent to the authority. The graphic artist Alexey Kokorekin  [ ru ] create a proposal to add white and blue horizontal stripes at the bottom, both two stripes took 1⁄6 of the flag's height. His proposal was submitted to the Secretary of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR Alexander Gorkin in June 1948 and again to the Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the RSFSR Boris Chernousov in December 1949, but was not approved.

Mikhail Rodionov also created another proposal for the state flag of the RSFSR. It consisted of a traditional tricolour flag and a hammer and a sickle in the middle of the flag. Because of his proposal, he was accused of nationalism and anti-Sovietism in 1950, at the Leningrad affair case. [7]

Other Russian SFSR flags

The banner of the republic was a 1:1 ratio red flag with gold fringe, commonly used in ceremonies. The banner was also used for the first inauguration of Boris Yeltsin as President of the Russian SFSR on 10 July 1991. [8]

Colour scheme

Flag of the Russian SFSR.svg
Colors scheme		BlueRedYellow
Pantone 2925 C2035 CMedium Yellow C
CMYK 100-42-0-20-100-100-200-16-100-0
HEX #0092FA#CD0000#FFD700
RGB 0-146-250205-0-0255-215-0
Flag of Russian SFSR Blue variant.svg
Colors scheme		BlueRedYellow
CMYK 100-68-0-390-100-100-190-15-100-0
HEX #00309A#CE0000#FFD800
RGB 0-48-154206-0-0255-216-0
Flag of Russia (1991-1993).svg
Colors scheme		WhiteAzureScarlet
RAL 901650123020
CMYK 0-0-0-0100-39-0-90-94-85-14
HTML #FFFFFF#018DE9#DB0D20
RGB 255-255-2551-141-233219-13-32

Regional flags based on the flag of RSFSR

Flags of the Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republics

Flags of the Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republics of RSFSR were defacements of the 1954 flag of RSFSR, with texts or acronyms of the name of the republic in official languages.

Flags of the post-Soviet Russian Regional flags based on the flag of RSFSR

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References

  1. 1 2 "State flags of the RSFSR" Государственные флаги РСФСР [flags of the RSFSR]. www.vexillographia.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 22 December 2017.
  2. ↑ Указ Президиума Верховного Совета РСФСР от 9 января 1954 г. "О Государственном флаге РСФСР"
  3. ↑ Закон РСФСР от 2 июня 1954 г. "О Государственном флаге РСФСР"
  4. ↑ "Ob ofitsial'nom priznanii i ispol'zovanii" Об официальном признании и использовании [On official recognition and use]. www.bestpravo.com (in Russian). Archived from the original on 26 April 2016. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
  5. ↑ Закон РСФСР от 1 ноября 1991 года № 1827-I "Об изменениях и дополнениях Конституции (Основного Закона) РСФСР"
  6. ↑ Статья 181 Конституции (Основного Закона) Российской Советской Федеративной Социалистической Республики
  7. ↑ "Как бело-сине-красный флаг чуть было не стал флагом РСФСР в 1950-х годах". Дзен | Блогерская платформа. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
  8. ↑ "Russia in the Soviet Union (later flags)". www.crwflags.com. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
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