File:Flag of the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic (1953–1991); Flag of Kazakhstan (1991–1992).svg

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This image contains a symbol prohibited by law in some nations, owing to it being a representation of communism, socialism, or a similar governmental structure; or of an associated political party/organization:

Georgia's parliament: On Amending the Law of Georgia "Charter of Liberty", No. 1867, 2013
Indonesia's People's Consultative Assembly: UU No. 27/1999
Latvia's Saeima: Amendments to the Law on the Safety of Public Entertainment and Festivity Events (OP 2013/129.4). Ban only applies at public events.
Lithuania's Constitutional Court confirms Article 188¹⁸ of the Code of Administrative Offences. Collection, antiquarian trade and educational activities are exempt from the ban.
South Korea's National Security Act (prohibited for symbols or emblems related to North Korea)
Ukraine's Verkhovna Rada (article 436-1 of the Criminal code of Ukraine)

Imagery covered may include the hammer and sickle^en, red star, emblems/insignias, flags or images of leaders.

العربية ∙ беларуская ∙ беларуская (тарашкевіца) ∙ беларуская (тарашкевіца) ∙ български ∙ čeština ∙ dansk ∙ Deutsch ∙ English ∙ Esperanto ∙ español ∙ euskara ∙ suomi ∙ français ∙ Gàidhlig ∙ galego ∙ magyar ∙ Bahasa Indonesia ∙ italiano ∙ 日本語 ∙ қазақша ∙ 한국어 ∙ македонски ∙ norsk bokmål ∙ Nederlands ∙ norsk ∙ polski ∙ português ∙ română ∙ русский ∙ sicilianu ∙ slovenščina ∙ српски / srpski ∙ svenska ∙ ไทย ∙ Türkçe ∙ українська ∙ Tiếng Việt ∙ 中文 ∙ 中文（简体） ∙ 中文（繁體） ∙ +/−

Description	Schematic of the flag as adopted in 1938-1956 Қазақша: Қазақ Кеңестік Социалистік Республикасының байрағы Русский: Флаг Казахской Советской Социалистической Республики English: Flag of the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic (1953–1991) and Kazakhstan (1991–1992). Authors: Urmas, Nokka
Date	26 January 2006 (original upload date)
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Author	No machine-readable author provided. Urmas assumed (based on copyright claims).
SVG development InfoField	The SVG code is valid. This flag was created with Adobe Illustrator.

Licensing

This image shows a flag, a coat of arms, a seal or some other official insignia. The use of such symbols is restricted in many countries. These restrictions are independent of the copyright status.

KAZAKHSTAN

Law on Copyright and Neighboring Rights - full text (.pdf)

Article 8. Works Not Protected by Copyright
The following shall not be protected by copyright:

official documents (laws, court decisions and other texts of a legislative, administrative, judicial or diplomatic nature) together with official translations thereof;
State emblems and official signs (flags, armorial bearings, decorations, monetary signs and other State symbols and official signs);
works of folklore,
communications concerning events and facts that have an informational character.

العربية ∙ English ∙ қазақша ∙ македонски ∙ русский ∙ українська ∙ 中文 ∙ +/−

As per legal code construction sheet: Flag the USSR schema Sbornik zakonov 1938-1956.svg

Note: Kazakhstan is the legal successor of the Kazakh SSR; therefore, this license tag is also applicable to the flags of the Kazakh SSR.

I, the copyright holder of this work, release this work into the public domain. This applies worldwide.
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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	04:28, 4 March 2020	1,200 × 600 (2 KB)	FreshCorp619	Corrected width.
	19:15, 19 December 2018	1,200 × 600 (3 KB)	Thespoondragon	Reverted to version as of 03:11, 17 December 2018 (UTC) Current consensus on File_talk:Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg is in favor of the 1 December hammer and sickle
	03:43, 17 December 2018	600 × 300 (4 KB)	Pedro8790	Reverted to version as of 21:29, 16 December 2018 (UTC)
	03:11, 17 December 2018	1,200 × 600 (3 KB)	Thespoondragon	Reverted to version as of 23:24, 1 December 2018 (UTC) File_talk:Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg
	21:29, 16 December 2018	600 × 300 (4 KB)	Pedro8790	Reverted to version as of 19:05, 25 November 2018 (UTC)
	23:24, 1 December 2018	1,200 × 600 (3 KB)	Thespoondragon	per construction sheets, see https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File_talk:Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg
	19:05, 25 November 2018	600 × 300 (4 KB)	Mundopopular	Reverted to version as of 17:45, 25 November 2018 (UTC) Edit has been reverted to original version. Take to talk page, no edit wars.
	18:16, 25 November 2018	1,200 × 600 (9 KB)	Thespoondragon	Reverted to version as of 01:07, 25 November 2018 (UTC) for hammer and sickle, see File:Construction_sheet_of_the_flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.png
	17:45, 25 November 2018	600 × 300 (4 KB)	Mundopopular	Reverted to version as of 03:39, 28 March 2018 (UTC) As per legal code construction sheet: File:Flag the USSR schema Sbornik zakonov 1938-1956.svg
	01:07, 25 November 2018	1,200 × 600 (9 KB)	Thespoondragon	hammer and sickle revamp
	01:06, 25 November 2018	1,200 × 600 (10 KB)	Thespoondragon	hammer and sickle revamp
	01:05, 28 October 2018	600 × 300 (959 bytes)	Thespoondragon	new hammer and sickle
	03:39, 28 March 2018	600 × 300 (4 KB)	FreshCorp619	Reverted to version as of 13:06, 27 February 2017 (UTC)
	17:20, 27 March 2018	600 × 300 (3 KB)	FreshCorp619	Updated hammer and sickle + shades
	13:06, 27 February 2017	600 × 300 (4 KB)	Ericmetro	Shade
	17:11, 17 February 2017	600 × 300 (4 KB)	Ericmetro	Slight adjustment
	01:54, 18 December 2016	600 × 300 (4 KB)	FreshCorp619	Changed the color to the current blue from the Kazakh flag. http://media.gettyimages.com/photos/moscow-november-7-soviet-t34-tanks-on-parade-in-red-square-in-honor-picture-id170982642
	12:22, 22 October 2015	600 × 300 (4 KB)	Ericmetro	Reverted to version as of 06:24, 30 June 2013 (UTC)
	13:02, 5 October 2015	600 × 300 (3 KB)	Cufi15	Reverted to version as of 08:57, 24 June 2009 (UTC)
	13:02, 5 October 2015	600 × 300 (3 KB)	Cufi15	Reverted to version as of 08:57, 24 June 2009 (UTC)
	06:24, 30 June 2013	600 × 300 (4 KB)	Ericmetro	Unified the hammer and sickle with the union flag.
	08:57, 24 June 2009	600 × 300 (3 KB)	Nokka	+++
	08:40, 19 June 2009	600 × 300 (3 KB)	Nokka	+++
	20:32, 28 February 2006	600 × 300 (3 KB)	Urmas
	21:31, 26 January 2006	600 × 300 (2 KB)	Urmas	Category:SVG flags Category:Flags of Kazakhstan Category:Flags of Soviet Respublics