Kazakhstan in the Soviet Union (original) (raw)

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Kazaqskaâ SSR / K̩azak̩ SSR

Казахская ССР / Қазақ ССР

image by António Martins, 30 October 2002 | two-sided

Description of the flag

Adopted in 24 January 1953; blue bar in lower part of flag.
Željko Heimer, 17 April 1996

According to [fss]: Stripes: 6+2+1. Star is contained in imaginary circle of diameter 12.5% of flag height. hammer and sickle in imaginary square of sides 25% of flag height. Vertical axe of star and hammer and sickle at 25% of flag length. The horizontal axe of the hammer and sickle not given, but looks like centered at the upper red stripe. Also not given, the distance between the hammer and sickle and the star. [See also here.]
Mark Sensen, 20 June 2001

I’d say that the circle inscribing the star touches the edge of the imaginary square — at least it is so in the other comparable construction sheets.
António Martins, 28 October 2002

Reverse of the flag

No hammer, sickle and star on the reverse side.
Mark Sensen, 25 May 1997

Officially reverse looked like obverse without star and hammer-sickle. But in fact I never saw these flags without star, hammer-sickle. Real flags (all 15) usually were either with reverse analogous to obverse (but with star and hammer-and-sickle near the hoist) or with reverse = mirrored obverse.
Victor Lomantsov, 30 November 2002

Coat of arms

soviet kazakh CoA kz.gif)image by M. Schmöger, 06 Sepember 2001 (source: [hzg80])

The emblem of the SSR was introduced 26 March 1937 (according to Hesmer [hes92]) and replaced by the current one 4 June 1992.
M. Schmöger, 16 Sepember 2001