Above the stele is a flagpole with the Soviet flag.

When he'd finished, another Marine draped a Soviet flag over it.

The Soviet flag was lowered for the last time over the Kremlin.

I'm very happy, because under the Soviet flag I always felt only fear.

The Soviet flag, with a hammer, a sickle and a star on a red background, was adopted in 1923.

This is a familiar tactic in Russia that should have been retired with the Soviet flag.

A Soviet flag was dragged on the road.

Today, Sofia went about its normal business, without a red Soviet flag in sight.

No one is yet sure what this might mean, although Soviet flags and emblems are reportedly coming down.

As for the star, he said, anyone who has seen the Soviet flag knows that a star is the mark of Communism.