The flag of the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic was adopted on 31 January 1952.

As defined by the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic on the flag description: The national flag of the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic consists of a panel of red color with a green stripe in the middle of the whole flag length, with the image on top of the red part of the flag from the flagpole golden hammer and sickle above a five-pointed red star framed by gold border.

In 1940, a red flag with the gold hammer and sickle in the top-left corner, with the Cyrillic characters РССМ (Moldovan initials of Moldavian SSR in Cyrillic script) above them in gold in a serif font was adopted for the newly founded Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic.

With perestroika in force, the Moldovan nationalism came in place with the Popular Front of Moldova being involved.

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