The Nakhichevan ASSR (Nakhichevan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic; Azerbaijani: Нахчыван Мухтар Совет Сосjалист Республикасы Naxçıvan Muxtar Sovet Sosyalist Respublikası; Armenian: Նախիշեվան ԱՍՍՀ) was an autonomous republic within the Azerbaijan SSR, itself a republic within the Soviet Union. It was formed on March 16, 1921 and became a part of the Azerbaijan SSR proper on February 9, 1924.
In the 1940s, when the Azerbaijani Latin alphabet was being replaced by Cyrillic, the flag (shown in the infobox) is presumed to have fallen out of use, being replaced by a Soviet flag defaced by Нахчыван МССР in gold and a dark blue bar along the fess.
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