Template:Country data Soviet Union

Template documentation

This is the documentation for Template:Country data Soviet Union. It is automatically generated by Template:Country showdata

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.

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Standard parameters

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

Flag variants

Label	Flag image (40px)	Image name
`1923`		`Flag of the Soviet Union 1923.svg`
`1955`		`Flag of the Soviet Union 1955.svg`
`naval-1924`		`Naval Ensign of the Soviet Union 1924.svg`
`naval-1935`		`Naval Ensign of the Soviet Union 1935.svg`
`naval`		`Naval Ensign of the Soviet Union.svg`

Military ensigns

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

{{navy|Soviet Union}} → Soviet Navy
{{flagicon|Soviet Union|naval}} →

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`)`	USSR	Soviet Union
`SUN (`view`)`	SUN	Soviet Union
`the Soviet Union (`view`)`	the Soviet Union	Soviet Union

Example usage

{{flag|Soviet Union}} → Soviet Union
{{flagicon|Soviet Union}} →

Using a flag variant

{{flag|Soviet Union|1923}} → Soviet Union
{{flagicon|Soviet Union|1923}} →

Using a redirect alias

{{flagicon|URS}} →
{{flagcountry|URS}} → Soviet Union
{{flag|URS}} → URS

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