thumb|The Georgian SSR flag on a 1961 stamp

The flag of the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic was adopted by the Georgian SSR on 11 April 1951.

It was the only Union Republic flag in which the hammer and sickle was not gold in colour, instead being red.

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 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 was introduced until the dissolution of the Soviet Union, which was replaced again in 2004 by the current flag.

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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

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See also

  • Flag of the Soviet Union
  • Coat of arms of the Georgian SSR
  • Flag of Georgia

References

  • Georgia in the Soviet Union (flag)
  • Georgia in the Soviet Union (early flags)

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