Udmurt Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic

Flag of the Udmurt ASSR (1978–1993)
Use	State and war flag
Proportion	1:2
Adopted	29 March 1954 31 May 1978 (minor changes)
Design	A red flag with a light-blue stripe at the pole, with golden red star and hammer and sickle.
Designed by	Valentin Petrovich Viktorov

The flag of the Udmurt Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic was adopted in 1954 by the government of the Udmurt Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. The flag is identical to the flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.

The first flag of the Udmurt ASSR was described in the first Constitution of the Udmurt ASSR, which was adopted by the Central Executive Committee of the Udmurt ASSR on 14 March 1937, at the 2nd Extraordinary Congress of Soviets of the Udmurt ASSR.^[1] The flag is described in Article 116 of the constitution :

The state flag of the Udmurt Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic is the state flag of the RSFSR, consisting of a red cloth, in the left corner of which at the top of the shaft are placed the golden letters "RSFSR". in Russian and Udmurt, with an additional inscription under the letters "RSFSR" smaller letters "Udmurt A.S.S.R." in Russian and Udmurt

— Constitution of the Udmurt ASSR (1937), Article 110^[2]

On March 29, 1954, by the decision of the Presidium of the Supreme Council of the Udmurt ASSR, a new state flag of the Udmurt ASSR was adopted, which was approved by the Law of the Udmurt ASSR of July 8, 1954. On April 6, 1955, Article 110 of the Constitution of the Udmurt ASSR was amended:^[3]

The state flag of the Udmurt Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic is the state flag of the RSFSR, consisting of a red cloth with a light blue stripe at the flagpole, the full width of the flag. The light blue stripe is one-eighth of the flag’s length. Above them is a red five-pointed star, framed by a gold border, and below the sickle and hammer are placed the golden letters “УАССР”. The ratio of the flag's width to its length is 1:2.

— Constitution of the Udmurt ASSR (1937, amended 1954), Article 110^[4]

The decree on the state flag of the Udmurt ASSR was approved by the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Udmurt ASSR on March 10, 1956.

On May 31, 1978, the extraordinary 9th session of the Supreme Soviet of the Udmurt ASSR adopted the new constitution of the Udmurt ASSR.^[5] The article 158 of the constitution contains the design of the flag:

The national flag of the Udmurt Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic is the National Flag of the RSFSR, which is a red rectangular panel with a light blue stripe at the flagpole, which is one-eighth of the flag’s length. the hammer and a red five-pointed star above them, framed by a gold border, and under them in gold letters is placed the inscription "Udmurt ASSR" in Russian and Udmurt languages .The ratio of the width of the flag to its length - 1:2

— Constitution of the Udmurt ASSR (1978), Article 158^[6]

• Supreme Soviet of the Udmurt ASSR (1937), Конституция (Основной Закон) Удмуртской Автономной Советской Социалистической Республики [Constitution of the Udmurt Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic], naukaprava.ru (in Russian), Izhevsk, retrieved November 8, 2018
• Supreme Soviet of the Udmurt ASSR (1967), Конституция (Основной Закон) Удмуртской Автономной Советской Социалистической Республики [Constitution of the Udmurt Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic], naukaprava.ru (in Russian and Udmurt), Syktyvkar: Publishing House of Udmurtia, retrieved November 8, 2018
• Supreme Soviet of the Russian SFSR (1979), Конституция (Основной Закон) Российской Советской Федеративной Социалистической Республики; Конституции (Основные Законы) автономных советских социалистических республик, входящих в состав РСФСР [The Constitution (Fundamental Law) of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic; The Constitution (Basic Laws) of the Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republics that are part of the RSFSR], naukaprava.ru (in Russian), Moscow: Soviet Russia Publishing House, retrieved November 3, 2018

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