Kyrgyzstan in the Soviet Union

Kirgizskaâ SSR / Kyrgyz SSR

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Киргизская ССР / Кыргыз ССР

• Description of the flag
• Reverse of the flag
• Coat of arms

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  reported by Dov Gutterman, 03 October 2002

Description of the flag

Official proportions of 1952 flag:

ratio = 1:2
blue+white+blue stripes = 1/3 of flag height
white stripe = 1/20 of flag height

Reverse of the flag

image by Željko Heimer, 06 May 2000 |

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

Officially reverse looked like obverse without star and hammer-sickle. But in fact I never saw these flags without star, hammer-sickle. Real flags (all 15) usually were either with reverse analogous to obverse (but with star and hammer-and-sickle near the hoist) or with reverse = mirrored obverse.
Victor Lomantsov, 30 November 2002

Coat of arms

The emblem of the SSR was introduced 23 March 1937 (according to Hesmer [hes92]) by the then constitution (Art. 115). It was replaced by the current emblem on 14 January 1994.
M. Schmöger, 16 September 2001

The star is “denser” in this version of the emblem, taken from an official soviet handbook publ. 1980 (SSSR — Administrativno-territorialhnoe Delenie Soûznyq Respublik).
António Martins, 27 November 2002

Previous versions

Before 1948, the coat-of-arms had no star.
Victor Lomantsov, 07 May 2000

Before 1941 the coat-of-arms had inscriptions in latin letters ("Qƅrƣƅz S.S.R.")
Victor Lomantsov, 02 December 2002