Flag of the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic
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The flag of the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic was officially adopted by the former Soviet Union in 1940. It showed a set of Communist symbols: a yellow hammer and sickle on a red field and, after official change of the flag's design in 1953, also an outlined yellow star, above a band of water waves near the bottom.[2]
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Use | Historical |
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Proportion | 1:2 |
Adopted | 6 February 1953 |
Relinquished | 8 May 1990; 33 years ago (1990-05-08) |
Design | A red flag with the golden hammer and sickle and outlined star above a band of blue water waves near the bottom. |
Designed by | Paul Luhtein [et][1] |
Use | Reverse Flag |
Proportion | 1:2 |
Use | Historical |
Proportion | 1:2 |
Adopted | 31 October 1940 |
Relinquished | 6 February 1953 |
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