Article 112 of the constitution described the flag of the Kabardino-Balkarian ASSR:[1] The state flag of the Kabardino-Balkarian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic is the national flag of the RSFSR, consisting of a red cloth, in the left corner of which, at the top of the pole, are placed the golden letters "RSFSR" in Russian, Kabardin and Balkar languages, and under it the inscription "Kabardino-Balkarian ASSR" in Russian, Kabardin and Balkar languages.On July 26, 1938, the inscriptions on the flag underwent minor changes.

[2] In 1944, the Balkar people were accused of aiding the Nazis, and almost all of the entire population was deported.

[5] By the Decree of the PVS of the Kabardino-Balkarian ASSR on September 30, 1966, the Regulation on the Flag of the Kabardino-Balkar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic in 1956 was amended.

In the upper left corner of the red cloth are the golden sickle and hammer and above them is a red five-pointed star framed with a gold border, and under them is the inscription "Kabardino-Balkarian ASSR" in Russian, Kabardin and Balkarian languages.

The five-pointed star fits circumference with a diameter of 1/8 of the flag's width, touching the upper side of the square.

The distance of the vertical axis of the star, sickle and hammer from the shaft is 2/5 of the flag's width.