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Template:Country data Soviet Union is an internal data container not intended to be transcluded directly. It is used indirectly by templates such as flag, flagicon, and others.

This template is within the scope of WikiProject Flag Template, a collaborative effort to maintain flag templates on Wikipedia. A more thorough discussion of the flag template system, including parameters not described here, can be found on the project page.

Standard parameters

Parameter name	Value	Meaning
`alias`	`Soviet Union`	Main article name (Soviet Union)
`flag alias`	`Flag of the Soviet Union.svg`	Image name (File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg, shown on right)

Flag variants

Label	Flag image (40px)	Image name
`1922`		`Flag of the Soviet Union (1922–1923).svg`
`1923`		`Flag of the Soviet Union (1924).svg`
`1924`		`Flag of the Soviet Union (1924–1936).svg`
`1936`		`Flag of the USSR (1936-1955).svg`
`1955`		`Flag of the Soviet Union.svg`
`naval-1924`		`Naval Ensign of the Soviet Union (1923–1935).svg`
`naval-1935`		`Naval Ensign of the Soviet Union 1935.svg`
`coast guard-1924`		`USSR, Flag KGB 1924.svg`
`coast guard-1935`		`USSR, Flag KGB 1935.svg`
`naval`		`Naval Ensign of the Soviet Union (1950–1991).svg`
`marines`		`Flag of the Soviet Union.svg`
`military`		`Flag of the Soviet Union.svg`
`coast guard`		`USSR, Flag KGB 1950.svg`
`navy`		`Naval Ensign of the Soviet Union (1950–1991).svg`
`air force`		`Flag of the Soviet Air Force.svg`
`army`		`Flag of the Soviet Union.svg`

Redirect aliases

This template can also be used via an alias name (implemented as a redirect to this template):

Alias name	`((flag\|alias))` output	`((flagcountry\|alias))` output
`URS` (view)	URS	Soviet Union
`USSR` (view)	Soviet Union	Soviet Union
`SUN` (view)	SUN	Soviet Union
`the Soviet Union` (view)	the Soviet Union	Soviet Union

See What links here for a full list of redirects.

Example usage

((flag|Soviet Union)) → Soviet Union
((flagicon|Soviet Union)) →

Using a flag variant

((flag|Soviet Union|1922)) → Soviet Union
((flagicon|Soviet Union|1922)) →

Using a redirect alias

((flagicon|URS)) →
((flagcountry|URS)) → Soviet Union
((flag|URS)) → URS

Military ensigns

This template includes a naval flag variant that can be used with Template:Naval:

((naval|Soviet Union)) → Soviet Navy
((flagicon|Soviet Union|naval)) →

This template includes an air force ensign flag variant that can be used with Template:Air force:

((air force|Soviet Union)) → Soviet Air Forces
((flagicon|Soviet Union|air force)) →

This template includes a marine ensign flag variant that can be used with Template:Marines:

((marines|Soviet Union)) → Soviet Naval Infantry
((flagicon|Soviet Union|marines)) →

This template includes a marine ensign flag variant that can be used with Template:Armed forces:

((Armed forces|Soviet Union)) → Soviet Armed Forces
((flagicon|Soviet Union|military)) →

This template includes an ensign flag variant that can be used with Template:Navy:

((navy|Soviet Union)) → Soviet Navy
((flagicon|Soviet Union|navy)) →

This template includes a coast guard ensign flag variant that can be used with Template:Coast guard:

((coast guard|Soviet Union)) → Soviet Border Troops
((flagicon|Soviet Union|coast guard)) →

This template includes an army ensign flag variant that can be used with Template:Army:

((army|Soviet Union)) → Soviet Army
((flagicon|Soviet Union|army)) →

Related templates

Please see the following related country_data templates:

Template:Country data Commonwealth of Independent States Commonwealth of Independent States

Other information

Country_data templates are also available for each of the 15 republics of the Soviet Union:

Template:Country data Armenian SSR	Armenian SSR
Template:Country data Azerbaijan SSR	Azerbaijan SSR
Template:Country data Byelorussian SSR	Byelorussian SSR
Template:Country data Estonian SSR	Estonian SSR
Template:Country data Georgian SSR	Georgian SSR
Template:Country data Kazakh SSR	Kazakh SSR
Template:Country data Kirghiz SSR	Kirghiz SSR
Template:Country data Latvian SSR	Latvian SSR
Template:Country data Lithuanian SSR	Lithuanian SSR
Template:Country data Moldavian SSR	Moldavian SSR
Template:Country data Russian SFSR	Russian SFSR
Template:Country data Tajik SSR	Tajik SSR
Template:Country data Turkmen SSR	Turkmen SSR
Template:Country data Ukrainian SSR	Ukrainian SSR
Template:Country data Uzbek SSR	Uzbek SSR

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Country data Soviet Union in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for Country data Soviet Union

This template should not be used directly. It is used indirectly by flag templates such as Template:Flag and Template:Flagicon. See Category:Flag template system for a full list of flag templates and Wikipedia:WikiProject Flag Template for further documentation.

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