▁to ▁be ▁a ▁red ▁b anner ▁with ▁the ▁ins cription ▁Russian ▁Social ist ▁Feder ative ▁Soviet ▁Republic . ▁The ▁text ▁of ▁the ▁dec ree ▁did ▁not ▁contain ▁any ▁clar ification ▁regarding ▁the ▁color , ▁size ▁and ▁location ▁of ▁the ▁ins cription , ▁or ▁the ▁width ▁and ▁length ▁ratio ▁of ▁the ▁cloth . ▁ ▁On ▁ 1 7 ▁June ▁ 1 9 1 8 , ▁the ▁All - Russ ian ▁Central ▁Executive ▁Committee ▁approved ▁a ▁sample ▁image ▁of ▁the ▁flag ▁of ▁the ▁R S FS R , ▁developed ▁on ▁beh alf ▁of ▁the ▁People ' s ▁Comm iss ariat ▁for ▁Foreign ▁Affairs ▁of ▁the ▁Russian ▁S FS R ▁by ▁the ▁graph ic ▁artist ▁Serge y ▁Che kh on in . ▁The ▁flag ▁was ▁a ▁red ▁rect angular ▁panel , ▁in ▁the ▁upper ▁corner ▁of ▁which ▁was ▁placed ▁the ▁ins cription ▁R S FS R ▁in ▁gold ▁letters ▁st yl ized ▁as ▁S lav ic . ▁This ▁ins cription ▁was ▁separated ▁from ▁the ▁rest ▁of ▁the ▁cloth ▁on ▁both ▁sides ▁by ▁gold ▁stri pes ▁forming ▁a ▁rectangle . ▁ ▁On ▁ 3 0 ▁December ▁ 1 9 2 2 , ▁the ▁R S FS R ▁combined ▁with ▁the ▁Ukrain ian ▁SS R , ▁By elor uss ian ▁SS R , ▁and ▁Trans c au cas ian ▁S FS R ▁to ▁form ▁the ▁Soviet ▁Union . ▁The ▁national ▁flag ▁of ▁the ▁USS R ▁was ▁established ▁on ▁ 1 8 ▁April ▁ 1 9 2 4 , ▁described ▁in ▁the ▁Constitution ▁of ▁the ▁USS R ▁as ▁a