The first flag of the
Armenian SSR was introduced in the constitution, accepted on 2 February 1922 by the First
Congress of Soviets of the Armenian SSR. The 1922 flag was red with the
Cyrillic characters
ССРА (
SSRA for
Социалистическая Советская Республика Армения,
Sotsialisticheskaya Sovetskaya Respublika Armeniya) in the upper left corner. That flag existed only for a month, because on March 12 the Armenian SSR united with the
Georgian SSR and the
Azerbaijan SSR under the
Transcaucasian SFSR (TSFSR), that was split again into these three republics in 1936. Between 1936 and 1940, the flag was red with the gold
hammer and sickle in the top left hand corner. The
Armenian characters
ՀԽՍՀ (
HKSH for
Հայկական Խորհրդային Սոցիալիստական Հանրապետություն,
Haykakan Khorhrdayin Sotsialistakan Hanrapetutiun) were in gold beneath the hammer and sickle. Between 1940 and 1952, after reforms on Armenian language, the
Armenian characters in the top left hand corner beneath the hammer and sickle were changed to
ՀՍՍՌ (
HSSR for
Հայկական Սովետական Սոցիալիստական Ռեսպուբլիկա,
Haykakan Sovetakan Sotsialistakan Respublika) staying in gold. The 1952 flag was replaced in 1990 by the tricolor flag of Armenia based on the 1918 flag of the
first Republic of Armenia. File:Armenian SSR Flag (1921 - 1922).png|1921 - 1922 File:Flag of SSRA.svg|1922 File:Armenian SSR Flag (1922 - 1936).png|1922 - 1937 File:Flag of the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic (1936–1940).svg|1936 - 1940 File:Flag of the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic (1940–1952).svg|1940 - 1952 ==See also==