Soviet Union

Union of Soviet Socialistic Republics, Soyuz Sovietskih Socialisticheskih Respublik

Last modified: 1997-09-03 by zeljko heimer
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by mark sensen 13-MAY-1996

• Subdivisions of USSR
• Symbolism of USSR flag
• Army flags

• History of Soviet Flags
• Russian Federation
• for other states formed after decomposition of USSR, see their respective pages

Subdivisions of USSR

• Armenian SSR
• Azerbaijanian SSR
  • Nakhichevan AR, Nagorno-Karabakhian AReg.
• Bukharian PSR (1921)
• Byelorussian SSR
  • Brest, Gomely, Grodno, Minsk, Mogilev, Vitebsk
• Estonian SSR
• Fareastern Republic (1921)
• Georgian SSR
  • Abkhazian AR, Ajarian AReg., South-Ossetian AReg.
• Karelo-Finnish SSR
• Kyrgian SSR
  • Directtly governed shires, Osh
• Khorezmian PSR (1920)
• Kazakhian SSR
  • Aktyubinsk, Alma-Ata, Tselinograd, Chimkent, Djambul, Guryev, Karaganda, East Kazakhstan, North Kazakhstan, Kokchtav, Kustanay, Kzyl-Orda, Pavlodar, Semipalatinsk, Uralysk
• Latvian SSR
• Lithuanian SSR
• Moldavian SSR
• Russian SFSR
  • Authonomous Republics:
    • Bashkirian AR, Buryatian AR, Karelian AR, Checheno-Ingushian AR, Chuvashian AR, Daghesttanian AR, Yakutian AR, Kabardino-Balkarian AR, Kalmykian AR, Komi AR, Mariian AR, Mordovian AR, North-Ossetian AR, Tatarian AR, Udmurtian AR
  • Authonomous Regions:
    • Altay shire, Gorno-altayan AReg., Habarov shire, Evrey (Jewish) AReg., Krasnodar shire, Taymir National Shire, Evenyki National Shire, Khakhasian AReg., Primorski shire, Stavropolyski shire, Karachay-Cherkhes AReg.
  • Regions:
    • Amur, Arkhangelsk, Nenets National Shire, Astrakhan, Belgorod, Bryansk, Chelyabinsk, Chita, Agino-Buriatian National Shire, Gorkhiy, Irkutsk, Ust'-Orynski Buriatian National Shire, Ivanovo, Jaroslavl', Kalinin, Kaliningrad, Kaluga, Khamchatkha, Khoryakh National Shire, Khemerovo, Kirov, Kostroma, Kuybyshev, Kurgan, Kursk, Leningorod, Lipetsk, Maghadan, Chukhot National Shire, Moscow, Murmansk, Novgorod, Novosibirsk, Omsk, Orel, Orenburg, Penza, Perm, Komi-Permyat National Shire, Pskov, Ryazan', Rostov, Sahalin, Saratov, Smolensk, Sverdlovsk, Tambov, Tyumen', Hanty-Mansian Natianal Shire, Yamalo-Nanets National Shire, Tomsk, Tula, Ulyanovsk, Vladimir, Volgograd, Vologda, Voronezh
• Tajikian SSR
  • Directtly governed shires, Gorno-Badahshanian AReg.
• Transcaucasian SFSR (1930's)
• Turkmenian SSR
• Ukrainian SSR
  • Cherkassy, Chernigov, Chernovtsy, Krim, Dnepropetrovsk, Donetsk, Harkhov, Herson, Hmelynitskiy, Kiev, Kirovograd, Lugansk, L'vov, Nikolaev, Odessa, Poltava, Rovno, Ivano-Frankovsk, Sumy, Ternopoly, Uzhgorod - zakhavkaska, Vinnica, Volinya, Zaporozhye, Zhitomir
• Uzbekian SSR
  • Karakhalpakian AR, Anijan, Buhara, Fergana, Kashka-Darya, Khorezm, Samarkand, Syr-Darya, Surkhan-Darya, Tashkent

Symbolism of USSR flag

Hammer and sickle are representing the worker and peasant, and the five-pointed star should represent five continents (Euope, Asia, Africa, America and Australia), and their unity.

Army flags

W.Smith states [smi80] that these flags of republics (introduced in 1950's) were also military (or army) flags. Was there separate armies in USSR (which I doubt), or was there parts of Red Army stationed in each Republic that used republican flags?

zeljko heimer 10-APR-1996