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In Soviet ideology, the star became red, brandishing the main color of the Revolution. Its five rays symbolize the union of the world ... emblem and the Soviet Flag. The motto was originally ...

A FLAG which was stolen during the 1966 World Cup has been handed in to The Northern Echo by the man who took it - more than half a century after the theft was discovered. The Soviet Union flag ...

Gorbachev, like the Soviet Union itself, was being consigned to history. On Christmas day, the red flag was lowered over the Kremlin for the last time and Gorbachev said his goodbyes to the world.