Flag of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

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  "ns": "russia-hist",
  "name": "Soviet Union",
  "now": "russia",
  "years": "1922–1991",
  "id": "soviet-union",
  "index": "c/russia:1922",
  "title": "Flag of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics",
  "ratio": "1:2",
  "colors": [
    {
      "color": "red",
      "hex": "#cc0000",
      "cmyk": "0/100/100/20",
      "note": "The blood of workers and the communist revolution."
    },
    {
      "color": "gold",
      "hex": "#ffcc00",
      "cmyk": "0/20/100/0"
    }
  ],
  "desc": "- A red field with a golden hammer and sickle beneath a gold-bordered red star in the upper hoist corner\n - Adopted on 12 November 1923, the flag symbolised the unity of industrial workers (hammer) and peasant farmers (sickle) under communist leadership (the star)\n - It flew over the USSR for nearly seven decades until 25 December 1991\n - The red represented the blood of workers' struggle; the gold symbolised a bright communist future. One of the 20th century's most recognisable flags\n - **Construction:** a red field with the hammer and sickle centred in the upper-hoist quarter. The red star is above the emblem. Ratio 1:2",
  "flag": "russia-hist/soviet-union.svg",
  "countryData": {
    "name": "Soviet Union",
    "officialName": "Union of Soviet Socialist Republics",
    "un": "none"
  },
  "cs": "russia-hist/soviet-union.cs.svg",
  "trivia": "- The hammer and sickle was originally designed by artist Yevgeny Kamzolkin as a logo for a May Day parade in 1918\n - The hammer represents industrial workers; the sickle represents farmers\n - The Soviet flag inspired communist flags worldwide and was iconic for an entire political ideology",
  "article": "russia-hist/soviet-union.md",
  "_name": "Soviet Union",
  "_namespace": "russia-hist",
  "_namePart": "soviet-union"
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