File:Flag of the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic (1953–1988).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.

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Lietuvių: Lietuvos Tarybų Socialistinės Respublikos vėliava, remiantis Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg ir Image:Flag-lithuanian-ssr.png

Русский: Флаг Литовской Советской Социалистической Республики, основанные на Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg и Image:Flag-lithuanian-ssr.png

English: Flag of the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic, based on Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg and Image:Flag-lithuanian-ssr.png

Author: Denelson83 and others

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	According to the Republic of Lithuania Law on Copyright and Related Rights (passed on May 18, 1999 and amended 2010) Chapter II, Section 1: Article 5. Works not Attributed to the Subject Matter of Copyright Copyright shall not apply to: 1) ideas, procedures, processes, systems, methods of operation, concepts, principles, discoveries or mere data; 2) legal acts, official documents texts of administrative, legal or regulative nature (decisions, rulings, regulations, norms, territorial planning and other official documents), as well as their official translations; 3) official State symbols and insignia (flags, coat-of-arms, anthems, banknote designs, and other State symbols and insignia) the protection of which is regulated by other legal acts; 4) officially registered drafts of legal acts; 5) regular information reports on events; 6) folklore works. Hence it is assumed that this image has been released into the public domain. However, in some instances the use of this image might be regulated by other laws.
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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	19:14, 19 December 2018	1,200 × 600 (4 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
	03:33, 17 December 2018	600 × 300 (4 KB)	Pedro8790	Reverted to version as of 21:22, 16 December 2018 (UTC)
	03:11, 17 December 2018	1,200 × 600 (4 KB)	Thespoondragon	Reverted to version as of 23:14, 1 December 2018 (UTC) File_talk:Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg
	21:22, 16 December 2018	600 × 300 (4 KB)	Pedro8790	Reverted to version as of 19:06, 25 November 2018 (UTC)
	23:14, 1 December 2018	1,200 × 600 (4 KB)	Thespoondragon	per construction sheets, see https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File_talk:Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg
	19:06, 25 November 2018	600 × 300 (4 KB)	Mundopopular	Reverted to version as of 17:47, 25 November 2018 (UTC) Edit has been reverted to original version. Take to talk page, no edit wars.
	18:19, 25 November 2018	1,200 × 600 (9 KB)	Thespoondragon	Reverted to version as of 00:16, 25 November 2018 (UTC) for hammer and sickle, see File:Construction_sheet_of_the_flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.png
	17:47, 25 November 2018	600 × 300 (4 KB)	Mundopopular	Reverted to version as of 03:38, 28 March 2018 (UTC) As per legal code construction sheet: File:Flag the USSR schema Sbornik zakonov 1938-1956.svg
	00:16, 25 November 2018	1,200 × 600 (9 KB)	Thespoondragon	hammer and sickle revamp
	01:25, 28 October 2018	600 × 300 (918 bytes)	Thespoondragon	new hammer and sickle