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 flag’s length. Victor Lomantsov, 20 Oct 2000
Reverse of the flag
by António Martins, 19 Oct 2000 |
No hammer, sickle and star on the
reverse side. Mark Sensen, 25 May 1997
The emblem of the SSR was introduced 14 March 1919
(according to Hesmer [hes92])
and was replaced by the current one
in 19 February 1992. Marcus Schmöger, 16 Sep 2001
![[Flag of Ukrainian SSR in 1949]](../images/s/su-ua.gif)
![[two-sided]](../misc/fis_twos.gif){kind=small}
![[Back of flag]](../images/s/su-ua_.gif)
![[reverse]](../misc/fis_reve.gif){kind=small}
![[soviet ukrainian CoA]](../images/s/su)ua.gif)
