Flag | Date | Use | Description |
| 1858–1883 | 俄羅斯帝國國旗 | A rectangular cloth with three equal horizontal stripes: the upper stripe black, middle stripe yellow, and lower stripe white. |
| 1883–1917 | 俄羅斯帝國國旗 | A rectangular cloth with three equal horizontal stripes: the upper stripe white, middle stripe blue, and lower stripe red. The ratio of the width of the flag to its length is 2 to 3. |
| 1813–1917 | 俄羅斯帝國海軍軍艦旗 | A blue saltire on a white field |
| 1918 | 裏海艦隊中央委員會獨裁政權國旗 | Three horizontal stripes, the upper and lower stripes of light blue colour and the middle stripe red. |
| 1918 | 外高加索民主聯邦共和國國旗 | Three horizontal stripes, the upper stripe of yellow colour, the middle stripe black and the lower one red. |
| 1918 | 國旗 | Source for the design of the current flag |
| 1918 | 巴庫公社 國旗 |
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| 1918–1920 | 國旗 | Same as current flag |
| 1920–1921 | Flag of the Azerbaijan Socialist Soviet Republic |
| 1930s - 1936 | Flag of the Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic | Later flag of the Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic |
| 1937–1940 | Flag of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic |
| 1940–1952 | Flag of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic |
| 1952–1991 | Flag of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic | Last flag of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic |
| 1937–1940 | Flag of the Nakhichevan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic | One version of the flag of the Nakhichevan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. Later versions bore the text "Нахчыван МССР" (Naxçıvan MSSR, meaning Nakhichevan ASSR), placed on the flag of the Azerbaijan SSR of the time, without the Armenian name. |
| 1923–1955 | Flag of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics | A red cloth, with the image at its upper hoist corner of a gold hammer and sickle, and above them a red five-pointed star, framed in gold. The ratio of width to length is 1:2.[2] |
| 1955–1980 | Flag of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics | Slight change of the hammer and sickle design from the previous Soviet national flag |
| 1980–1991 | Flag of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics | Slightly brighter red from the previous Soviet national flag |
| 1946–1991 | Flag of the Soviet Army |
| 1924–1935 | Ensign of the Naval Fleet of the USSR |
| 1935–1950 | Ensign of the Naval Fleet of the USSR |
| 1950–1992 | 蘇聯海軍軍艦旗 | Slight modification from previous design |