 At the top of the flag at the flagpole placed golden hammer and sickle and the red star with a gold border.The green color symbolizes the forest resources, and blue represents the abundance of rivers and lakes.Prior to this, the flag was red with a gold hammer and sickle in the top-left corner, and the Latin characters "Karjalais-Suomalainen SNT" (Karjalais-Suomalainen Sosialistinen Neuvostotasavalta) with "Карело-Финская ССР" (Карело-Финская Советская Социалистическая Республика) below them in gold in a sans-serif font.