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zachary harden
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COMECON means "Council for Mutual Economic Assistance";
it was formed by most of the Soviet-influenced countries.
Sérgio Horta, 27 May 2000
It was created in 1949, joining the Soviet Union,
Bulgaria, Hungary,
Poland, Rumania,
Czechoslovakia, Mongolia,
Cuba and Vietnam.
East Germany and Albania
joined in 1950, the latter leaving in 1961 and the former in 1990.
Comecon was disbanded in 1991.
António Martins, 29 May 2000
The flag itself shows a quite interesting logo, with five arrows
coming from the center back to the center again, meaning redistribution
and “democratic centralism”. The number five has nothing
to do with membership, just a way to show the red five pointed star of
communism.
António Martins, 29 May 2000
This image is based on a image in the
Grolier International
Encyclopedia published in 1991.
Sérgio Horta, 27 May 2000
I’d bet that the Comecon flag was 1:2 and bright red, not 2:3
and dark red (like in the original Grolier International
Encyclopedia image).
António Martins, 29 May 2000
A traced version of the flag [from here] was discussed in Wikimedia Commons, after it was declared to be «cheating like a fake
news» (sic). Still, the emblem itself seems to be genuine enough to have
been used on a contemporary Bulgarian postage stamp, as informed by user
Crazymanball — a stamp with flags, soon at [b(-bg.html#04492]; see image
https://i.colnect.net/b/4348/905/30th-Anniversary-of-COMECON-CMEA.jpg
and archived at [ https://ghostarchive.org/archive/SZE93 ] (note the
interesting errors!).
António Martins, 15 September 2024
