Moldavia in the Soviet Union

Republica Sovietică Socialistă Moldovenească

Last modified: 2005-12-17 by antonio martins
Keywords: moldavia | moldavian ssr | hammer and sickle (yellow) | star: 5 points (fimbriated) |
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• Description of the flag
• Reverse of the flag
• Coat of arms

• Moldavia in the Soviet Union (early flags)
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• Dniestr Republic, in Moldavia
  (the real, “ideological” and symbolical, heir of Moldavian SSR)

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

Description of the flag

Approved on 31 January 1952; green bar in middle of the flag, 1/4 width.
Željko Heimer, 17 Apr 1996

Specs.: stripes 3+2+3; hammer-and-sickle placement and size unknown! (Identical to the Armenian flag except for the color.)
António Martins, 19 Jun 2001

Reverse of the flag

image by Željko Heimer, 17 Apr 1996 |

No hammer, sickle and star on the reverse side.
Mark Sensen, 25 May 1997

Coat of arms

The emblem of the SSR was introduced 10th February 1941 (according to Hesmer [hes92]) by the then constitution (Art. 117); it was replaced by the current one 3 November 1990.
Marcus Schmöger, 16 Sep 2001