Flag of the Lithuanian SSR
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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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Flag of the Lithuanian SSR canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10346588 — 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 Lithuanian SSR Context triple: [Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic, hadSymbol, Flag of the Lithuanian SSR]
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A.
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.
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B.
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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C.
Flag of the Kazakh SSR
The Flag of the Kazakh SSR was the red Soviet-era state flag of the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic, distinguished by a horizontal light blue stripe and the hammer and sickle with a red star in the upper hoist corner.
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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 Samogitia
The Flag of Samogitia is a historical regional banner of Lithuania featuring a black bear on a red field, symbolizing the cultural identity and heraldic traditions of the Samogitian people.
- 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 Lithuanian SSR Target entity description: 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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A.
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.
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B.
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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C.
Flag of the Kazakh SSR
The Flag of the Kazakh SSR was the red Soviet-era state flag of the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic, distinguished by a horizontal light blue stripe and the hammer and sickle with a red star in the upper hoist corner.
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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 Samogitia
The Flag of Samogitia is a historical regional banner of Lithuania featuring a black bear on a red field, symbolizing the cultural identity and heraldic traditions of the Samogitian people.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
national flag
ⓘ
state flag ⓘ |
| abolishedAsOfficialFlag | 1989 ⓘ |
| adopted | 1953 ⓘ |
| associatedEvent |
Soviet occupation of Lithuania
ⓘ
linked to:
Soviet occupation of the Baltic states
Sovietization of Lithuania ⓘ
linked to:
Soviet occupation of the Baltic states
|
| associatedWithRegime | Soviet regime in Lithuania ⓘ |
| backgroundColor | red field ⓘ |
| category |
Flags introduced in 1953
ⓘ
Flags of the Soviet Socialist Republics ⓘ
linked to:
Flags of Soviet Socialist Republics
Historical flags of Lithuania ⓘ |
| civilUse | public buildings in the Lithuanian SSR ⓘ |
| color |
green
ⓘ
red ⓘ white ⓘ |
| country | Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic ⓘ |
| designElement |
horizontal green stripe at the bottom
ⓘ
narrow white stripe above the green stripe ⓘ |
| government | Communist Party of Lithuania ⓘ |
| governmentUse | state institutions of the Lithuanian SSR ⓘ |
| greenStripeHeight | one-fifth of flag height ⓘ |
| historicalEra | Cold War ⓘ |
| ideologySymbolized |
Soviet socialism
ⓘ
communism ⓘ |
| legalStatus | defined by constitution of the Lithuanian SSR ⓘ |
| locatedSymbol | hammer and sickle and star in upper hoist corner ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
Lithuanian independence movement
ⓘ
linked to:
Lithuanian Sąjūdis
|
| partOf | flags of Soviet Socialist Republics ⓘ |
| politicalSystemContext | communist state ⓘ |
| proportion | 1:2 ⓘ |
| replaced | earlier plain red flag of the Lithuanian SSR with inscriptions ⓘ |
| replacedBy | Flag of Lithuania ⓘ |
| replacedInPracticeDuring |
Singing Revolution in Lithuania
ⓘ
linked to:
Singing Revolution
|
| scriptLanguageOnEarlierVersion |
Lithuanian
ⓘ
Russian ⓘ |
| scriptOnEarlierVersion |
Cyrillic letters "ЛССР"
ⓘ
golden letters "LTSR" ⓘ |
| status | former national flag ⓘ |
| successorFlag | tricolor flag of Lithuania (yellow-green-red) ⓘ |
| symbol |
gold-bordered red star
ⓘ
golden hammer and sickle ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic
ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ |
| usedFrom | 1953 ⓘ |
| usedInCapital | Vilnius ⓘ |
| usedUntil | 1988 ⓘ |
| visualMotif | typical Soviet red flag with republic-specific stripe pattern ⓘ |
| whiteStripeHeight | one-twentieth of flag height ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Flag of the Lithuanian SSR Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (1)
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