File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg

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Summary

DescriptionFlag of the Soviet Union.svg Flag of the USSR

Date 1955

Source

http://pravo.levonevsky.org/. Construction sheet: Construction sheet of the flag of the Soviet Union.png.

Author СССР

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Colors

Used colors:
red	rendered as `RGB 205 000 000`
yellow	rendered as `RGB 255 215 000`

Soviet Union Flag Color Scheme

Licensing

	This work is not an object of copyright according to article 1259 of Book IV of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation No. 230-FZ of December 18, 2006. Shall not be objects of copyright: official documents of state government agencies and local government agencies of municipal formations, including laws, other legal texts, judicial decisions, other materials of legislative, administrative and judicial character, official documents of international organizations, as well as their official translations; state symbols and signs (flags, emblems, orders, any forms of money, and the like), as well as symbols and signs of municipal formations; works of folk art (folklore), which don't have specific authors; news reports on events and facts, which have a purely informational character (daily news reports, television programs, transportation schedules, and the like).
	Comment – This license tag is also applicable to official documents, state symbols and signs of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (union level^[1]). Warning – This license tag is not applicable to drafts of official documents, proposed official symbols and signs, which can be copyrighted. Warning – This Russian official document, state symbol or sign (postage stamps, coins and banknotes mainly) may incorporate one or more works that can be copyrightable if separated from this document, symbol or sign. In such a case, this work is not an object of copyright if reused in its entirety but, at the same time, extracting specific portions from this work could constitute copyright infringement. For example, the denomination and country name must be preserved on postage stamps. ↑ Official documents, state symbols and signs of 14 other Soviet Republics are the subject of law of their legal successors. See respective license tags.

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Legal disclaimer
This image contains a symbol prohibited by law in some nations, owing to it being a representation of communism, socialism, or a similar governmental structure; or of an associated political party/organization:

Georgia's parliament: On Amending the Law of Georgia "Charter of Liberty", No. 1867, 2013
Hungary: Act C of 2012 on the Criminal Code, Section 335
Indonesia's People's Consultative Assembly: UU No. 27/1999
Latvia's Saeima: Amendments to the Law on the Safety of Public Entertainment and Festivity Events (OP 2013/129.4). Ban only applies at public events.
Lithuania's Constitutional Court confirms Article 188¹⁸ of the Code of Administrative Offences. Collection, antiquarian trade and educational activities are exempt from the ban.
South Korea's National Security Act (prohibited for symbols or emblems related to North Korea)
Ukraine's Verkhovna Rada (article 436-1 of the Criminal code of Ukraine)

Imagery covered may include the hammer and sickle^en, red star, emblems/insignias, flags or images of leaders.

This file, which was originally posted to http://pravo.levonevsky.org/, was reviewed on 11 March 2017 by reviewer Daphne Lantier, who confirmed that it was available there under the stated license on that date.

File history

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	16:12, 19 December 2018	1,200 × 600 (3 KB)	HugeMackerel	Reverted to version as of 02:52, 17 December 2018 (UTC) If you disagree take it to the talk page.
	03:29, 17 December 2018	1,200 × 600 (1 KB)	Pedro8790	Reverted to version as of 15:25, 16 December 2018 (UTC)
	02:52, 17 December 2018	1,200 × 600 (3 KB)	Thespoondragon	Reverted to version as of 19:51, 1 December 2018 (UTC) per talk page, this image is accurate per the sources that can be seen in the talk page and in the file description
	15:25, 16 December 2018	1,200 × 600 (1 KB)	Pedro8790	Reverted to version as of 02:03, 13 October 2018 (UTC) The current version is completely inaccurate.
	19:51, 1 December 2018	1,200 × 600 (3 KB)	Thespoondragon	wrong file
	19:46, 1 December 2018	1,200 × 600 (4 KB)	Thespoondragon	see talk
	19:00, 25 November 2018	1,200 × 600 (1 KB)	Mundopopular	Reverted to version as of 17:40, 25 November 2018 (UTC) Edit has been reverted to original version. Take to talk page, no edit wars.
	18:09, 25 November 2018	1,200 × 600 (9 KB)	Thespoondragon	Reverted to version as of 00:32, 24 November 2018 (UTC) see File:Construction_sheet_of_the_flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.png
	17:40, 25 November 2018	1,200 × 600 (1 KB)	Mundopopular	Reverted to version as of 19:03, 8 July 2018 (UTC) As per legal code construction sheet: File:Flag the USSR schema Sbornik zakonov 1938-1956.svg
	00:32, 24 November 2018	1,200 × 600 (9 KB)	Thespoondragon	small typo in red color, didnt want that on my conscience
	00:21, 24 November 2018	1,200 × 600 (2 KB)	Thespoondragon	new hammer and sickle per construction sheets
	19:16, 27 October 2018	1,200 × 600 (894 bytes)	Thespoondragon	checked construction sheet again, you're right. optimized file with SVGOMG
	00:27, 23 October 2018	1,200 × 600 (6 KB)	I am dies	Reverted to version as of 05:22, 2 October 2018 (UTC) Please wash your eyes with soap and check again. Emblem get the most accurate look comparing to previous versions, it can be used for printing real flag. Can you confirm that you have newest original physical instructions for drawing H&S and it's result is different from mine?
	02:03, 13 October 2018	1,200 × 600 (1 KB)	Thespoondragon	Reverted to version as of 19:03, 8 July 2018 (UTC) Shape of the hammer and sickle is wrong/innaccurate
	05:22, 2 October 2018	1,200 × 600 (6 KB)	I am dies	Redrawed Hammer and Sickle from scratch to make it pixel perfect but maximally similar to original at the same time.
	19:03, 8 July 2018	1,200 × 600 (1 KB)	S.A. Julio (old)	reduce file size, valid SVG
	01:47, 28 March 2018	1,200 × 600 (3 KB)	Ericmetro	Per construction sheet: https://i.redditmedia.com/g8es7LyPk6V7OvyKYQyJ-baz6QVRSIgqIgiTkc64p3w.jpg?w=576&s=f8f5d6f73bcb1b2b5ee995fb1ddcff96
	01:33, 28 March 2018	1,200 × 600 (2 KB)	FreshCorp619	Reverted to version as of 20:12, 27 March 2018 (UTC) Source: https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/701026/russians-life-better-soviet-union-ussr-sixty-four-percent - Shape in the photo resembles the one. See talk.
	00:09, 28 March 2018	1,200 × 600 (3 KB)	Loic26	Reverted to version as of 19:07, 27 March 2018 (UTC) Source ?
	20:12, 27 March 2018	1,200 × 600 (2 KB)	FreshCorp619	Reverted to version as of 15:47, 27 March 2018 (UTC) This hammer and sickle is slightly updated.
	19:07, 27 March 2018	1,200 × 600 (3 KB)	ייהליזיושמר	Reverted to version as of 04:40, 19 November 2017 (UTC)
	15:47, 27 March 2018	1,200 × 600 (2 KB)	FreshCorp619	Updated hammer and sickle + Color
	04:40, 19 November 2017	1,200 × 600 (3 KB)	Sammimack	Updated size
	00:50, 11 March 2017	512 × 256 (1,023 bytes)	Akihiro Nagai 2	opt
	12:28, 11 May 2016	1,200 × 600 (1 KB)	Sangjinhwa	reduce size
	16:31, 7 December 2013	1,200 × 600 (3 KB)	Полиционер	Reverted to version as of 12:04, 6 March 2013
	15:36, 30 November 2013	1,200 × 600 (3 KB)	Denniss	Reverted to version as of 12:04, 6 March 2013
	12:04, 6 March 2013	1,200 × 600 (3 KB)	Ericmetro	We have an official 1955 law on the design of the hammer and sickle.
	11:55, 6 March 2013	1,200 × 600 (1 KB)	MrAustin390	Reverted to version as of 07:20, 31 August 2012
	09:23, 17 October 2012	1,200 × 600 (3 KB)	Patrickpedia	Reverted to version as of 08:16, 1 September 2012
	18:43, 1 October 2012	1,200 × 600 (2 KB)	Palosirkka	Scrubbed with http://codedread.com/scour/
	08:16, 1 September 2012	1,200 × 600 (3 KB)	Ericmetro	Reverted to version as of 13:12, 8 August 2012 The shape of the hammer and sickle is based on several sources, including an official document published in 1955. The year in the file name of the scheme is from the name of the USSR law collection of that...
	07:20, 31 August 2012	1,200 × 600 (1 KB)	PeaceKeeper97	Reverted to version as of 07:06, 3 April 2011. That flag was used from 1956 to 1991.
	13:12, 8 August 2012	1,200 × 600 (3 KB)	Ericmetro	Please see talk page: More accurate hammer and sickle according to scheme. Based on File:Flag_the_USSR_schema_Sbornik_zakonov_1938-1956.svg by User:Crower with minor modification.
	07:06, 3 April 2011	1,200 × 600 (1 KB)	Ahmadi~commonswiki	Small fixes on the path of the star
	01:51, 12 May 2010	1,200 × 600 (975 bytes)	Zscout370	Increase basic size
	18:20, 2 December 2009	600 × 300 (1 KB)	Zscout370	Simple SVG
	21:08, 5 July 2009	600 × 300 (3 KB)	Sebyugez	Form - Fix
	22:58, 29 January 2008	600 × 300 (2 KB)	MaggotMaster	Some mistakes in previous version, should be 1200x600, reverting
	22:23, 29 January 2008	1,500 × 750 (9 KB)	MaggotMaster
	12:59, 7 January 2008	600 × 300 (2 KB)	Pianist	I corrected proportions and colors according to «ПОЛОЖЕНИЕ О ГОСУДАРСТВЕННОМ ФЛАГЕ СОЮЗА СОВЕТСКИХ СОЦИАЛИСТИЧЕСКИХ РЕСПУБЛИК»
	17:19, 15 August 2007	600 × 300 (4 KB)	R-41~commonswiki	Fixing colour error again, did not work last time for some reason
	17:16, 15 August 2007	600 × 300 (4 KB)	R-41~commonswiki	colour error fixed
	03:54, 18 July 2007	600 × 300 (4 KB)	R-41~commonswiki	Recoloured the red to the shade used for the RSFSR flag
	05:00, 9 May 2007	600 × 300 (3 KB)	Zscout370	Fixed the flag according to the talk page and according to the Soviet laws I have on me.
	20:49, 28 February 2006	600 × 300 (3 KB)	Urmas	hammer and sickle
	05:43, 3 February 2006	600 × 300 (2 KB)	Zscout370	Re-did everything by hand
	00:58, 16 December 2005	600 × 300 (4 KB)	Zscout370	I group stuff together, but for some reason, it cut down on the file size.