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<div>{{Short description|Flag of the U.S.S.R. republic of Latvia}}<br />
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{{Infobox flag<br />
| Name = Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic<br />{{small|(Latvia)}}<br />
| Imagetext = Flag of the Latvian SSR (1953–1990)<br />
| Image = Flag of the Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic.svg<br />
| Noborder = <br />
| Use = 110110<br />
| Symbol = {{FIAV|110110}}{{FIAV|historical}}{{IFIS|twosided}}<br />
| Proportion = 1:2<br />
| Adoption = 17 January 1953<br />
| Design = A plain red flag with a golden [[hammer and sickle]] and a gold-bordered [[red star]] in its upper canton with the blue and white rippling water at the bottom.<br />
| Designer = <br />
| Imagetext2 = Reverse flag<br />
| Image2 = Flag of the Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic (1953–1990, reverse).svg<br />
| Noborder2 = <br />
| Use2 = Reverse flag<br />
| Symbol2 = <br />
| Proportion2 = 1:2<br />
| Adoption2 =<br />
| Design2 =A red field with a blue-white wave pattern on the bottom. <br />
| Designer2 = <br />
}}<br />
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The '''flag of the Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic''' shows a yellow [[hammer and sickle]] and outlined star on a red field above rippling water at the bottom,<ref>''Guide to the Flags of the World'' by Mauro Talocci, revised and updated by Whitney Smith ({{ISBN|0-688-01141-1}}), p. 20.</ref> and was adopted by the former [[Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic]] on January 17, 1953.<br />
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==History==<br />
The first socialist Latvian state, the [[Latvian Socialist Soviet Republic]], shown a red flag with the inscription ''LSPR''.<br />
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Prior to this, from 25 August 1940, the flag was red with the gold hammer and sickle in the top-left corner, with the [[Latin alphabet|Latin]] characters ''LPSR'' (''Latvijas Padomju Sociālistiskā Republika'') above them in gold in a serif font.<br />
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The Soviet-era flag was officially replaced on 27 February 1990, when the national [[flag of Latvia]] was reintroduced. Since 2013, the use of a Latvian SSR flag at public events is banned.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://themoscowtimes.com/news/latvia-bans-soviet-symbols-25182.|title = Latvia Bans Soviet Symbols|date = 23 June 2013}}</ref><br />
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==Gallery==<br />
<gallery><br />
Flag of Latvian SSR (1918-1920).svg|Flag of the Latvian SSR (1918–1920)<br />
Flag of Latvian SSR (1940).svg|Flag of the Latvian SSR (1940–1953)<br />
Flag of the Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic (1953–1967, variant).svg|Early variant of the flag of the Latvian SSR (1953–1967)<ref>[http://www.heraldicum.ru/latvija/images/luksa1.jpg Book by Latvian Vexillologist Aloizs Luksa]</ref><br />
File:Flag of the Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic.svg|Flag of the Latvian SSR (1953–1990)<br />
</gallery><br />
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==See also==<br />
{{Portal|Latvia|Soviet Union|Heraldry}}<br />
* [[Coat of arms of the Latvian SSR]]<br />
* [[Flag of the Soviet Union]]<br />
* [[Flag of Latvia]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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{{Flags of the Soviet Republics}}<br />
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[[Category:Flags of Latvia|Soviet Socialist Republic]]<br />
[[Category:Flags of the Soviet Union]]<br />
[[Category:Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic|Flag]]<br />
[[Category:Quadcolor flags]]<br />
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