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Chronology:
Excerpt of Constitution of the Socialist Soviet Republic of Latvia (Adopted 15 January 1919):
"S’’ezdy sovetov", Vol 2, p. 187Dave Martucci, 05 Sep 1996, quoting from “Soviet State Symbolism”, a special issue of [tfb] The Flag Bulletin XI:1 (Winter 1972): 138-145VII. On the Flag and Arms of the Socialist Soviet Republic of Latvia
30. The Socialist Soviet Republic of Latvia shall have a red flag with the letters "SSRL," or with the inscription "Socsialisticheskaia Sovetskaia Respublika Latvii."
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Coat of arms of the Latvian Socialist Soviet Republic (1919-1920).
Guy Babonneau, 15 Feb 2006
Originally the Latvian soviet army was formed by two latvian
red riflemen divisions, in May 1919 there were 45000 men (two
divisions), 600 machine-guns, 98 field-guns and 3 armoured trains;
the chief of Latvian soviet army was Jukums Vacietis who was
killed by the NKVD in 1938.
Guy Babonneau, 17 Jul 2001
Flag of the first light artillery division of the Latvian soviet
army (1919).
Guy Babonneau, 17 Jul 2001
It shows the contemporary national emblem.
António Martins, 12 Oct 2006
Latvian Socialist Soviet Republic (1919) the inscription in
latvian means «Wake up! people thrown down into damnation!».
Guy Babonneau, 17 Jul 2001
This inscription surely sounds like the first line of the song
International.
Željko Heimer, 31 Jul 2001
Considering the constitution, this should not
be the SSR flag. I’d say it is some kind of unofficial banner
perhaps a military one.
António Martins, 28 Nov 2002
From 1918 to 1940, Lithuania
was independent again. German occupation
in 1941-1944. In 1944 a lithuanian RSS was created
within the Soviet Union.
António Martins, 21 Mar 2000
Excerpt of the Constitution (Fundamental Law) of the Latvian SSR (Adopted 25 August 1940):
Konstitutsii (1951) p. 295Chapter 10. Arms, Flag, Capital
Article 116. The State Flag of the Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic shall consist of a red cloth, depicting in its upper left corner near the staff a gold sickle and hammer and, above them, the gold letters "LPSR". The proportion of width to length shall be 1:2.
This flag was replaced by a new one
in 17 January 1953.
Dave Martucci, 05 Sep 1996, quoting from
“Soviet State Symbolism”, a special issue of
[tfb] The Flag
Bulletin XI:1 (Winter 1972): 138-145
(detail of the flag)
image by Victor Lomantsov, 17 May 2015
In 1940 Latvian gazettes published fragments of the new Constitution and
images of the coat of arms and (!!!) flag-emblem (see
photo of the gazette).
Now we know exact detailed image of Latvian flag 1940.
Victor Lomantsov, 17 May 2015
While latvians, chafing under Russian rule were thinking about a
maroon-white-maroon flag, the latvians in USA hoisted a sky blue, gren and gold
flag (horizontal stripes). In central stripe, in white, the name LETTONIA.
Lettish was then the name of the latvian language, and letts the name of the
people. Lettonia was in use berfore WWI (now still in french Lettonie, in
catalan Letònia, in spanish, Letonia)
This is according Flagscan 93 automne 2009, unsigned article.
Jaume Ollé, 30 May 2010
