Armenian SSR Flag

In the republic of the USSR, the Armenian SSR presented its first flag in 1936. Very similar to the flag of the Soviet Union, it was red and yellow signs hammer and sickle in the corner.Under these were "H-X-SH" initials in Armenian script with serifs. These initials, in the Western Armenian language means "Haygagan Khorhurtayin Sodzialistakan Hanrabedutyun", or "the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic".In 1940, the flag was changed to use the Eastern Armenian language is spoken in the republic. Initials have been changed to "HSSR" meaning "Hayastani Sovetakan Sotsialistikakan Republic" in Eastern Armenian pronunciation.In 1952, the new flag was introduced. Initials completely removed and in their place a horizontal blue stripe was added.
At the end of May 1988, amid growing tensions nationalist, the new leader of the Communist Party of Armenia will prevent Afghan flag to fly to Yerevan for the first time in 60 years. A year later, after the Nagorno-Karabakh topic mass demonstration, which was hoisted the tricolor flag, he called his official recognition. This happened on August 24, 1990, a day after the Armenian Supreme Soviet declared the sovereignty of the republic and renamed the country the Republic of Armenia. At this point, only a year before Armenia declared its formal independence from the Soviet Union flag replaced the 1952 flag.