Historical Flags
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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| 1858–1883 | Flag of the Russian Empire | A rectangular cloth with three equal horizontal stripes: the upper stripe black, middle stripe yellow, and lower stripe white. | |
| 1883–1917 | Flag of the Russian Empire | A rectangular cloth with three equal horizontal stripes: the upper stripe white, middle stripe blue, and lower stripe red. The ratio of the width of the flag to its length is 2 to 3. | |
| 1813–1917 | Ensign of the Imperial Russian Navy |
A blue saltire on a white field | |
| 1918 | Flag of the Centrocaspian Dictatorship |
Three horizontal stripes, the upper and lower stripes of light blue colour and the middle stripe red. |
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| 1918 | Flag of the Transcaucasian Democratic Federative Republic | Three horizontal stripes, the upper stripe of yellow colour, the middle stripe black and the lower one red. | |
| 1918 | Flag of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic |
Source for the design of the current flag | |
| 1918–1920 | Flag of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic |
Three horizontal stripes, the upper stripe of blue colour, the middle stripe red and the lower one green with a white crescent and eightpointed star in the middle of the red stripe on both sides of the flag. The proportion of the width to the length is 1 to 2. | |
| 1920–1921 | Flag of the Azerbaijan Socialist Soviet Republic | ||
| 1930s - 1936 | Flag of the Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic | Later flag of the Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic | |
| 1937–1940 | Flag of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic | ||
| 1945–1946 | Flag of the Azerbaijan People's Government | ||
| 1940–1952 | Flag of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic | ||
| 1952–1991 | Flag of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic | Last flag of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic | |
| 1937–1940 | Flag of the Nakhichevan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic | One version of the flag of the Nakhichevan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. Later versions bore the text "Нахчыван МССР" (Naxçıvan MSSR, meaning Nakhichevan ASSR), placed on the flag of the Azerbaijan SSR of the time, without the Armenian name. | |
| 1923–1955 | Flag of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics | A red cloth, with the image at its upper hoist corner of a gold hammer and sickle, and above them a red five-pointed star, framed in gold. The ratio of width to length is 1:2. | |
| 1955–1980 | Flag of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics | Slight change of the hammer and sickle design from the previous Soviet national flag | |
| 1980–1991 | Flag of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics | Slightly brighter red from the previous Soviet national flag | |
| 1946–1991 | Flag of the Soviet Army | ||
| 1924–1935 | Ensign of the Naval Fleet of the USSR |
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| 1935–1950 | Ensign of the Naval Fleet of the USSR |
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| 1950–1992 | Ensign of the Naval Fleet of the USSR |
Slight modification from previous design |
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