Ukraine in the Soviet Union

Last modified: 2005-06-25 by antonio martins
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• Description of the flag
• Reverse of the flag
• Coat of arms
• Subdivisons of Soviet Ukraine

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• Image of an actual flag
  reported by Dov Gutterman, 03 Oct 2002

Description of the flag

Adopted 21 November 1949. Light blue bar in base, covering 1/3 of the height. See here detailed construction information of the hammer and sickle.
Mark Sensen, 25 May 1997

According to Constitution of Ukrainian SSR: the distance from the hoist of the flag to the centre of star (and of the hammer-and-sickle, of course) is equal to 1/3 of flagʼs length.
Victor Lomantsov, 20 Oct 2000

Reverse of the flag