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Armenia in the Soviet Union (early flags)

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Flag of 1922

[Flag of Armenian SSR in 1922]
by Mark Sensen, 17 Apr 1996

Red with in the upper hoist yellow Cyrillic initials (SSRA) in sans-serif.
Mark Sensen, 17 Apr 1996

Soviet Armenia or the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic was proclaimed on November 29, 1920 by the Armenian Communists.
Gevork Nazaryan, 24 Mar 2001

1922-1936: Transcaucasia

After the three republics (Armenia, Azerbaidjan, and Georgia) had been conquered by the Red Army, a Transcaucasian Socialist Federal Soviet Republic was formed in 1922, becoming a Union Republic of the USSR in the same year. In 1936 this republic was abolished and Armenia, Azerbaidjan, and Georgia were established as Union Republics.
Jarig Bakker, 26 Mar 1999,
quoting Everymanʼs Concise Encyclopaedia of Russia, S. V. Utechin, 1961

Flag of 1937

[Flag of Armenian SSR in 1937]
by Mark Sensen, 25 May 1996

Red with in the upper hoist yellow Armenian script initials in serif. Yellow hammer and sickle above.
Carsten Linke, 6 Jun 1996

The four Armenian letters correspond to "H-Kh-S-H", that most probably stand for, by Western Armenian pronunciation, to "Hayasdani Khorhurtayin Sovedagan Hanrabedutyun", which means "Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic".
Nareg Seferian, 13 Sep 2002

Flag of 1940ʼs

[Flag of Armenian SSR in 1940ʼs]
by Mark Sensen, 02 Jun 1996

Red with in the upper hoist yellow Armenian script initials in serif. Yellow hammer and sickle above.
Mark Sensen, 02 Jun 1996

The Armenian letters correspond to "H-S-S-R", that most probably stand for "Hayastani Sovetakan Sotsialistikakan Respublika" (this one in Eastern pronunciation), which means "Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic", again but with more "Armenised" Russian words. It just shows how much Russian influence had been brought into the society of Soviet Armenia by then. Even proper Armenian spelling within the republic was changed.
Nareg Seferian, 13 Sep 2002

This flag was replaced by a new one in 17 December 1952.
Željko Heimer, 17 Apr 1996