Flag of the Latvian SSR
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The Flag of the Latvian SSR was the red Soviet-era state flag of the Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic, distinguished by a gold hammer and sickle with a red star and a blue-and-white wavy stripe along the bottom symbolizing the Baltic Sea.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Flag of the Latvian SSR canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10806737 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Flag of the Latvian SSR Context triple: [Latvian SSR, flag, Flag of the Latvian SSR]
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A.
Flag of the Lithuanian SSR
The Flag of the Lithuanian SSR was the official red Soviet-era state flag of Lithuania featuring communist symbols and later a distinctive green stripe, used while the country was a republic within the USSR.
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B.
Latvian national flag
The Latvian national flag is a distinctive carmine-red and white horizontal tricolor that serves as the primary national symbol of Latvia and one of the oldest flags in the world still in use.
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C.
Flag of the Russian SFSR
The Flag of the Russian SFSR was the red Soviet-era state flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, featuring communist symbols such as the hammer and sickle and later a blue vertical stripe near the hoist.
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D.
Flag of Belarus
The Flag of Belarus is the national flag featuring a red and green horizontal bicolor with a traditional Belarusian red-and-white ornamental pattern along the hoist.
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E.
Flag of Lithuania
The Flag of Lithuania is a horizontal tricolor of yellow, green, and red that serves as the national flag and symbol of the Republic of Lithuania.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Flag of the Latvian SSR Target entity description: The Flag of the Latvian SSR was the red Soviet-era state flag of the Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic, distinguished by a gold hammer and sickle with a red star and a blue-and-white wavy stripe along the bottom symbolizing the Baltic Sea.
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A.
Flag of the Lithuanian SSR
The Flag of the Lithuanian SSR was the official red Soviet-era state flag of Lithuania featuring communist symbols and later a distinctive green stripe, used while the country was a republic within the USSR.
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B.
Latvian national flag
The Latvian national flag is a distinctive carmine-red and white horizontal tricolor that serves as the primary national symbol of Latvia and one of the oldest flags in the world still in use.
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C.
Flag of the Russian SFSR
The Flag of the Russian SFSR was the red Soviet-era state flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, featuring communist symbols such as the hammer and sickle and later a blue vertical stripe near the hoist.
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D.
Flag of Belarus
The Flag of Belarus is the national flag featuring a red and green horizontal bicolor with a traditional Belarusian red-and-white ornamental pattern along the hoist.
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E.
Flag of Lithuania
The Flag of Lithuania is a horizontal tricolor of yellow, green, and red that serves as the national flag and symbol of the Republic of Lithuania.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
national flag
ⓘ
state flag ⓘ |
| adopted | 1953 ⓘ |
| adoptionDate | 1953-01-17 ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Latvian independence movement as a symbol to be replaced
ⓘ
Soviet occupation of Latvia ⓘ
linked to:
Soviet occupation of the Baltic states
|
| belongsToSeries | flags of Soviet Socialist Republics ⓘ |
| category |
Flags introduced in 1953
ⓘ
Flags of former countries ⓘ Flags of the Soviet Union ⓘ
linked to:
Flags of Soviet Socialist Republics
Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic ⓘ
linked to:
Latvian SSR
|
| color |
blue
ⓘ
red ⓘ white ⓘ |
| continent | Europe ⓘ |
| country |
Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic
ⓘ
linked to:
Latvian SSR
|
| designElement | blue-and-white wavy stripe at the bottom ⓘ |
| emblem |
gold hammer and sickle
ⓘ
gold-bordered red star ⓘ |
| fieldColor | red ⓘ |
| governmentTypeRepresented | Soviet republic ⓘ |
| hasStar | red five-pointed star with gold border ⓘ |
| ideologyRepresented | communism ⓘ |
| languageContext | Latvian SSR ⓘ |
| legalStatusAfterIndependence | no longer official ⓘ |
| politicalSystemRepresented | socialist state ⓘ |
| region | Baltic states ⓘ |
| replaced | earlier plain red flag of the Latvian SSR with inscriptions ⓘ |
| replacedBy |
Flag of Latvia
ⓘ
linked to:
Latvian national flag
current national flag of Latvia ⓘ |
| scriptContext | Cyrillic and Latin used in the republic, but not on the 1953 flag design ⓘ |
| scriptOnFlag | none in the 1953 design ⓘ |
| sideRatio | 1:2 ⓘ |
| status |
former national flag
ⓘ
historical flag ⓘ |
| symbolizes | Baltic Sea ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Cold War
ⓘ
Soviet era in Latvia ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic
ⓘ
linked to:
Latvian SSR
Soviet Union ⓘ |
| usedFrom | 1953 ⓘ |
| usedIn |
international representation of the Latvian SSR within the USSR framework
ⓘ
official state buildings of the Latvian SSR ⓘ party and government ceremonies in the Latvian SSR ⓘ |
| usedUntil |
1990
ⓘ
1991 ⓘ |
| visualMotif |
maritime symbolism through wavy stripe
ⓘ
socialist heraldry ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Flag of the Latvian SSR Description of subject: The Flag of the Latvian SSR was the red Soviet-era state flag of the Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic, distinguished by a gold hammer and sickle with a red star and a blue-and-white wavy stripe along the bottom symbolizing the Baltic Sea.
Referenced by (1)
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