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Description	English: Flag of the Latvian SSR (1953-1967 variant). Note: Early flags of the Soviet republics had their respective designs of hammer and sickle, before a unified construction detail was established later.
Date	9 March 2017
Source	Own work based on: [1] by Aloizs Luksa, and the traced scanned image from "Гербы и Флаги СССР", published in Moscow, 1972. This vector image includes elements that have been taken or adapted from this file: Coat of Arms of Riga (1967-1987).svg.
Author	Ericmetro
Other versions	File:Flag of Latvian SSR.svg

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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
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.

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	18:38, 19 November 2023	1,000 × 500 (5 KB)	Great Brightstar	Some structural changes
	18:07, 13 April 2023	1,000 × 500 (8 KB)	Great Brightstar	Minor fix
	15:53, 4 January 2023	1,000 × 500 (11 KB)	Great Brightstar	Additional fix
	13:10, 3 January 2023	1,000 × 500 (13 KB)	Great Brightstar	Additional fix
	18:08, 2 January 2023	1,000 × 500 (13 KB)	Great Brightstar	Rework lower strip
	13:07, 9 March 2017	1,000 × 500 (13 KB)	Ericmetro	User created page with UploadWizard