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The flag of the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic flag shows a yellow hammer and sickle and outlined star on a red field above a band of water waves near the bottom, and was adopted by the Estonian SSR on February 6, 1953.
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flag and Estonian
* June 4 – The flag of Estonia is taken as the flag of the Estonian Students Society in Otepää.
* June 4 – The Estonian flag is consecrated as the flag of the Estonian Students Society.
** After 44 years, Estonian flag is raised to the Pikk Hermann Castle tower.
The Estonian flag first came to prominence in the 1880s as the flag of the Estonian Students ' Society at the University of Tartu and was consecrated in the hall of the pastorate of Otepää on 4 June 1884.
The original flag is preserved in the Estonian National Museum.
The flag became associated with Estonian nationalism and was used as the national flag ( riigilipp ) when the Estonian Declaration of Independence was issued on February 24, 1918.
The tricolour disappeared completely from the tower on July 27, 1940 and was replaced by the flag of Estonian SSR.
After the German retreat from Tallinn in September 1944, the Estonian flag was hoisted once again.
The shade of blue is defined in the Estonian flag law as follows: Blue tone is on the international PANTONE table of colours 285 C.
( 1 ) Everyone has the right to display and use the Estonian flag as long as it is in accordance with the act and follows honoured traditions.
( 2 ) The Estonian flag is displayed on buildings and stationary flag staffs on Independence Day, Victory Day and the Restoration of Independence Day.
flag and Soviet
* The Soviet flag, with its golden symbols of the hammer and sickle on a red field, was an inspiration to flags of other communist states, such as East Germany, People's Republic of China, Vietnam, Angola, Afghanistan and Mozambique.
Several countries ( including the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union ) have had unique flags flown by their armed forces, rather than the national flag.
Examples are the flag of Paraguay, the flag of Oregon, and the historical flag of the Soviet Union.
* 1945 – World War II: Fall of Berlin: The Soviet Union announces the capture of Berlin and Soviet soldiers hoist their red flag over the Reichstag building.
Unofficial Red Army flag, since the Soviet ground forces never had an official flag.
Soviet soldiers hoist the Red flag over the Reich Chancellery. Prague liberated by Red Army in May 1945.
On 19 October 1978 the PDPA government introduced a new flag, a red flag with a yellow seal, and it was similar to the flags of the Soviet Central Asian republics.
The red flag introduced under Taraki was replaced in 1980, shortly after the Soviet intervention, to the more traditional colours black, red and green.
The populace voted " yes " on all four questions: Russian as an official language, the return of a Soviet-era red and green flag, economic integration with Russia, and presidential power to dissolve the Supreme Soviet.
The flag bears a very slight resemblance to the flag of the Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic, as well as to the flag of British Columbia.
The flag of the Soviet Union was the official national flag of the Soviet state from 1923 to 1991.
The flag continued to be the official national flag until the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
flag and Socialist
It was an offshoot of the Communist Party of Peru — Bandera Roja ( red flag ), which in turn split from the original Peruvian Communist Party, a derivation of the Peruvian Socialist Party founded by José Carlos Mariátegui in 1928.
A stylized depiction of Triglav's distinctive shape is the central element of the Slovenian coat of arms, and is in turn featured on the flag of Slovenia ( and, formerly, on the coat of arms of the Socialist Republic of Slovenia ).
For example, the flag with a red lightning bolt emblem superimposed was the insignia of the National Socialist Movement of Chile between 1932 and 1938.
In 1945 a red star was officially placed on the flag of the Socialist Republic of Slovenia, a constituent of the Socialist Yugoslavia.
It was agreed that the red banner ' was transformed from the symbol of the Party to the symbol of a state, and around that flag gathered the peoples of the soviet republics to unite into one state — the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics '.
The text of article 71 states: ' The state flag of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics consists of a red or scarlet field with states coat of arms '.
In the third session of the CIK of the USSR, the description of Soviet flag in the Constitution was changed, and article 71 was edited to be: ' The state flag of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics consists of a red or scarlet field, and in the canton a golden sickle and hammer, and a red five-pointed star bordered in gold above them.
:' To the Grand Mufti: The National Socialist movement of Greater Germany has, since its inception, inscribed upon its flag the fight against the world Jewry.
The national anthem of Lithuania and the traditional national Tricolore were legalised in Lithuania on 18 November 1988, officially replacing the flag and the anthem of the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic.
They finally dominated the countryside in mid-1919 ; the largest portion would follow either Socialist Revolutionary Matviy Hryhoriyiv or the anarchist flag of Makhno.
The red flag is also used as a symbol by some democratic socialists and social democrats, for example the Avami National Party ( Pakistan ), French Socialist Party and the Social Democratic Party of Germany.
The flag of People's Democratic Republic of Yemen in the South was the Arab Liberation Flag with a sky-blue chevron with a red star ( the emblem of the Yemeni Socialist Party ) next to the hoist.
Image: Socialist red flag. svg | Flag of the Hungarian Soviet Republic, used briefly in 1919.
The flag of the Gaddafi-led Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya was adopted on 11 November 1977 and consisted of a green field.
File: SPS-flag-1990s. svg | Historical flag of the Socialist Party of Serbia during the 1990s to 2000s.
* During World Youth Day 2008, tensions flared between the 800 Vietnamese pilgrims who used the flag of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and the 2300 Vietnamese Australians pilgrims who used the Republic of Vietnam flag.
The current flag of Kazakhstan or Kazakh flag () was adopted on 4 June 1992, replacing the flag of the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic.
flag and Republic
* 1898 – The Hawaiian flag is lowered from ʻIolani Palace in an elaborate annexation ceremony and replaced with the flag of the United States to signify the transfer of sovereignty from the Republic of Hawaii to the United States.
Among these were the writing of the Fundamental Principles of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan, introducing a general amnesty for those people imprisoned during Nur Mohammad Taraki's and Amin's rule, and replacing the Khalqist flag with a more traditional one.
It was used as a symbol of the Roman Republic in many circumstances, including being carried in processions, much the way a flag might be carried today.
* Georgian Airways, the flag carrier of the Republic of Georgia
The leaders seized the General Post Office ( GPO ), raising two flags: a green flag bearing the legend " Irish Republic " and the Tricolour, and proclaiming independence for Ireland.
* 2004 – The national flag of The Republic of Georgia, the so-called " five cross flag ", is restored to official use after a hiatus of some 500 years.
The Muslim General Ma Bufang also put Kuomintang party symbols on his mansion, the Ma Bufang Mansion along with a portrait of party founder Dr. Sun Yatsen arranged with the Kuomintang Party flag and the Republic of China flag.
a flag of convenience registry ; includes the ships of People's Republic of China 1, Cyprus 1, Denmark 9, Germany 70, Greece 54, Hong Kong 2, Japan 4, Monaco 8, Netherlands 8, United Kingdom 3, United States 87, and Uruguay 1 ( 2002 est.
* 1918 – Flag of Estonia, previously used by pro-independence activists, is formally adopted as national flag of the Republic of Estonia.
It was only with the emergence of nationalist sentiment from the late 18th century that the desire was felt to display national flags also in civilian contexts, notably the US flag, in origin adopted as a naval ensign in 1777, which after the American Revolution began to be displayed as a generic symbol of the United States, and the French Tricolore which became a symbol of the Republic in the 1790s.
There are many proposals for a future flag of a dejure independent Taiwan Republic which also depict the shape or map of the island of Taiwan ( Formosa ).
None of them is the official flag of Taiwan Republic yet, and many design options are present.
a flag of convenience registry ; includes ships from 20 countries among which are Croatia 17, Slovenia 7, People's Republic of China 5, Greece 5, United Arab Emirates 3, Norway 2, Japan 2, and Ukraine 2 ( 1998 est.
The former national flag of South Africa ( from 1927 – 1994 ) had, as part of a feature contained within its central white bar, a horizontal flag of the Transvaal Republic ( ZAR ).
On the day of his funeral, 8 March 2002, his coffin was carried to St Thomas's Church in Winchelsea, East Sussex and was draped in the flag of the Republic of Ireland.
The " Colours of Saint George ", or St George's Cross are a white flag with a red cross, frequently borne by entities over which he is patron ( e. g. the Republic of Genoa and then Liguria, England, Georgia, Catalonia, Aragon, etc.
At one point Prime Minister Vohor punched the PRC ambassador when approached to explain why the flag of the Republic of China was flying over the hotel where the Taiwanese representative was posted.
This flag was used as the flag of the Zoutpansberg Republic until this republic was incorporated into the Transvaal Republic also known as the South African Republic.
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