Flags of the Russian Federation subjects

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This list explains the flags of the subjects of the Russian Federation .

See: Political Organization of Russia

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autonomous circle

Russia is divided into 83 federation subjects (Субъект Федерации subject Federazii) with different degrees of autonomy, most of which have their own flags. These are units with different degrees of autonomy.

The federal subjects include:

• 21 republics ( Russian Республика , pl. Республики )
• 1 autonomous region ( Russian Автономная Область )
• 4 autonomous districts ( Okrug ) ( Russian Автономный Округ , pl. Автономные Округа )
• 9 regions ( Krai ) ( Russian Край , pl. Края )
• 46 regions ( Oblast ) ( Russian Область , pl. Области )
• 2 cities of federal rank ( Russian Город Федерального Значения , pl. Города Федерального Значения )

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What is missing is the Republic of Crimea, which at least according to Russian understanding is a Russian Federation subject, and the flags of the Kraje

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Republics

The governors of the 21 republics of the Russian Federation are personally appointed by the president, which shows the dependence on central authority.

location	Flag / SV	republic	Remarks
	1: 2	Adygeja Республика Адыгея Respublika Adygeja	The flag was designed by the Scotsman David Urquhart in the 1830s when he was helping the British government resist annexation by Russia. This resistance is indicated by the arrows. Green stands for agriculture, gold for peace. The twelve stars stand for the twelve tribes of the people, nine aristocratic and three democratically organized.
	2: 3	Republic of Altai Алтай Altai	In the flag of the Altai Republic , blue stands for the cleanliness of the sky, mountains, rivers and lakes in the region. White stands for eternity and harmony among people.
	1: 2	Bashkortostan Башҡортостан Bashqortostan	The flag of Bashkortostan consists of a horizontally arranged tricolor . Blue stands for forbearance and virtue, white for openness, green for freedom and eternal life. The "Kurai" flower stands for the seven races of the people. The seven flowers represent the former Bashkir tribes.
	1: 2	Buryatia Бурятия Buryatija	Blue stands for the sky and white for purity, yellow for peace and prosperity. The " Soyombo symbol " (sun, moon and flame) represents reconciliation, family life and hospitality.
	1: 2	Khakassia Хакасия Khakassiya	The white-blue-red stripes in the flag of Khakassia come from the Russian national flag. The vertical green stripe means eternal life and is decorated with an old Khakass sun symbol .
	2: 3	Dagestan Дагестан Dagestan	The top green stripe in the flag of Dagestan means agriculture and hope. The blue stripe stands for the Caspian Sea , which Dagestan borders. Red represents loyalty and courage.
	1: 2	Ingushetia Ингушетия Inguschetija	The white stripe stands for pure intentions of the people; Green for nature, fertility and Islam. The sun stands for peace and its red color for the struggle of the people.
	2: 3	Kabardino-Balkaria Кабардино-Балкария Kabardino-Balkarija	The colors of the Kabardino-Balkarian flag symbolize the country's blue sky, snow-capped mountains, and green plains. The emblem shows Elbrus, the highest peak in the Caucasus.
	1: 2	Kalmykia Хальмг Таңһч Chal'mg Tangghtsch	The yellow of the sun is the symbol of the trust of the people and of the sun that warms the land. The blue circle indicates the consecrated way to the sacred lotus flower in the middle.
	1: 2	Karachay Cherkessia Къарачай-Черкес Karachay Cherkes	Blue in the flag of Karachay-Cherkessia symbolizes peace, friendly intentions and tranquility, green the nature, fertility and wealth. Red stands for warmth and unity of the people. The mountains in the middle are reminiscent of the republic's location on the northern slope of the Caucasus .
	2: 3	Republic of Karelia Карелия Karelija	The blue stripe of the flag of the Republic of Karelia stands for the many lakes, the green stripe for the huge spruce forests. The red stripe, on the other hand, stands for warmth and unity of the peoples of Karelia.
	2: 3	Republic of Komi Коми Komi	Blue stands for the northern location of the republic, green for the forests and white for the snow. They are also symbols for the virtues of purity, unity and chastity.
	2: 3	Mari El Марий Эл Marij El
	1: 2	Mordovia Мордовия Mordovija	The flag has the same colors as the Russian flag. In the center is the same sun emblem as on the flag of Udmurtia.
	1: 2	North Ossetia-Alania Цæгат Ирыстон-Алани Zægat Iryston-Alani	White in this flag stands for purity of intentions, yellow for agriculture. The red stripe represents the people of Aryan and their will to keep the peace.
	1: 2	Sacha (Yakutia) Саха Sacha	The flag of the Sakha Republic is the official flag of the Yakuts and the Sakha Autonomous Republic. It is reminiscent of the blue sky and the sunshine, the white stripe below of the snow. Red stands for courage and steadfastness, green for the forests of Yakutia.
	1: 2	Tatarstan Татарстан Tatarstan	The flag of Tatarstan shows a green and red striped cloth, in the middle of which there is a narrow white stripe. It goes back to the flag of the Turkish “Volga-Ural” community. The green stripe stands for the Muslim majority of the population. The red stripe stands for the Russian minority. The white dividing line symbolizes the peace that unites both.
	2: 3	Chechnya Нохчийчоь Noxçiyçö	Green stands for Islam and new life. Red is reminiscent of the blood shed for freedom, and white is the road leading to freedom.
	5: 8	Tschuwaschien Чăваш Ен Tschăwasch Jen	The flag of Chuvashia shows the tree of life with three roots on a red base, which stands for the Chuvashian country . The three suns are an old emblem. Gold stands for future and prosperity.
	1: 2	Tuva Тыва Tyva	The flag of the Republic of Tuva is said to represent courage and hardness with the colors blue, prosperity with yellow and chastity with white. The stripes represent the confluence of the Bii-Chem and Kaa-Chem rivers near Kysyl , in which they form the Ulug-Chem ( Jenissei ).
	1: 2	Udmurtia Udmurtiya Udmurtiya	The octagonal sun sign in the middle is supposed to protect the people from misfortune. Black symbolizes earth and stability, white morality and the cosmos, red life and the sun.

Cities with subject status

Cities with subject status are only the two metropolises Moscow and Saint Petersburg .

location	Flag / SV	city	Remarks
	2: 3	Moscow Москва Moskva	The Moscow city coat of arms shows the dragon slayer Georg . A white knight rides a white horse on a red background, wrapped in a blue cloak and wearing a blue shield as a model for the coloring of the Russian national colors. Tsar Peter the Great chose the colors for the flag of Russia (white, blue, red) from this coat of arms.
	2: 3	Saint Petersburg Санкт-Петербург Saint-Petersburg	The city coat of arms shows references to the ruler's residence and the seaport, which is connected to the internal Russian river system: * a scepter * a sea anchor * an inland anchor

Autonomous circles

Autonomous counties (Russian: Автономный округ, Awtonomny okrug) mostly comprise huge, extremely sparsely populated areas in the north of the country and in Siberia. Most of the time, the indigenous peoples are in the minority compared to the Russians.

location	Flag / SV	Autonomous Circle	Remarks
	2: 3	Agin Buryat Autonomous Okrug	The blue color stands for the people of the Buryats , who are also called Buryat Mongols and carry part of the Soyombo symbol as in the flag of Mongolia .
	1: 2	Autonomous circle of the Khanty and Mansi	The white emblem is the stylized representation of a crown. A narrow vertical white stripe is added to the flag on the right edge.
	2: 3	Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug	The ornament is the same as in the flag of the Nenets Autonomous Okrug .
	2: 3	Autonomous Okrug of the Nenets	The flag is the result of a competition.
	2: 3	Chukchi Autonomous Okrug	In the center of the triangle, the Russian national colors are shown in a golden circle. The gold stands for the sun, for friendship and hope. White represents ice that covers the region for much of the year.

The autonomous area

The Jews were never the majority of the population in the area that the Soviet government designated as their Jewish “ homeland ”. They reached the highest proportion after the Second World War, at around a third. Today there is a discussion about integrating the Jewish Autonomous Oblast into the Khabarovsk region .

location	Flag / SV	Autonomous area	Remarks
	2: 3	ייִדישער אױטאָנאָמע געגנט Yidisher Oytonome countered	The colored stripes in the flag of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast symbolize the rainbow. The white background is similar to that of the flag of Israel . It is noticeable that the flag does not use any Jewish symbols such as the Star of David .

Oblasts

Oblasts (literally " area ") are larger administrative districts with less autonomy than the republics.

location	Flag / SV	Oblast	Remarks
	2: 3	Amur Oblast Амурская область Amurskaya oblast	The wavy lines in the flag symbolize the Amur River , which forms the border with China. The colors red-white-blue are taken from the Russian flag (in a different order).
	2: 3	Arkhangelsk Oblast Архангельская область Arkhangelskaya oblast	The name Arkhangelsk is derived from the Russian word for archangel. The archangel Michael is depicted on the flag , who defeated Lucifer . There is a crown above it.
	2: 3	Astrakhan Oblast Астраханская область Astrakhanskaya oblast	In the middle of the light blue flag is a silver curved sword with a golden hilt under a golden crown with a cross.
		Belgorod Oblast Белгородская область Belgorodskaja oblast	This flag is divided into four equal parts by a blue cross. The white field refers to the name Belgorod , which translated means white city . In this field is the coat of arms, which shows an eagle over a lion, which alludes to the Belgorod regiment in the 18th century.
	1: 1.5	Bryansk Oblast Брянская область Bryanskaya oblast	The coat of arms on the red flag represents the unity of the three great Slavic peoples in which Bryansk has a share: Russians, Belarusians and Ukrainians. The three-tiered pine stands for the thicket of the region. The coat of arms on the tree is the coat of arms of the Oblast capital Bryansk . The shield is surrounded by oak leaves as a symbol and the ribbon of the Order of Lenin , which the region received in 1967 for the resistance struggle during the German occupation. A hammer and sickle are depicted above the shield to indicate that this oblast was founded during the Soviet era.
	2: 3	Irkutsk Oblast Иркутская область Irkutskaya oblast	The flag shows - like the coat of arms - a Siberian tiger with a sable in its teeth. This image was used as early as 1642. Black stands for cleverness, red for courage, blue for the waters of the region ( Lake Baikal and Angara ) and white for the Siberian winters. The emblem is surrounded by stylized cedar branches.
	2: 3	Ivanovo Oblast Ивановская область Ivanovskaya oblast
		Yaroslavl Oblast Ярославская область Yaroslavskaya oblast	The flag shows a black bear with a silver halberd. The bear has been a symbol of the region since the 17th century when Yaroslav the Wise killed a bear that the locals had set on him with his halberd.
	2: 3	Kaliningrad Oblast Калининградская область Kaliningradskaja oblast
		Kaluga Oblast Калужская область Kalushskaya oblast
	1: 2	Kemerovo Oblast Кемеровская область Kemerovskaya oblast	The two-part flag carries the coat of arms of the oblast in the Obereck. In the black triangle there are references to mining and agriculture. Below is the ribbon of the Order of Lenin with the year 1943, the year in which this oblast was founded.
		Kirov Oblast Кировская область Kirovskaya oblast
		Kostroma Oblast Костромская область Kostromskaja Oblast	The coat of arms on the two-tone flag shows a galley with white sails and the imperial flag, a reference to the coat of arms given to the city of Kostroma by Tsarina Catherine II .
		Kurgan Oblast Курганская область Kurganskaja oblast	The flag features an emblem similar to the flag of Kabardino-Balkaria , two mounds named as a woman swimming in a backstroke by the region's deputy Duma chairman Viktor Tataurov. This comment was picked up by the media and nicknamed the flag backstroke swimmer .
		Kursk Oblast Курская область Kurskaya oblast
	2: 3	Leningrad Oblast Ленинградская область Leningradskaya oblast
	2: 3	Lipetsk Oblast Липецкая область Lipetskaya oblast	The flag shows a golden tree on five green hills.
	2: 3	Magadan Oblast Магаданская область Magadanskaya oblast	In the upper corner of this monochrome flag with white and blue wavy lines for the location on the Pacific is the coat of arms with symbols of progress and the economy: In the red field a geologist's hammer and a pick as well as two gold and one silver bars. The light blue field shows an airplane as the main means of transport in the region and a hydropower plant as the main source of energy. In the dark blue field there are three fish as an indication of the abundance of fish.
		Moscow Oblast Моско́вская о́бласть Moskowskaja oblast	The flag of the Moscow region carries the coat of arms of the Moscow city ​​coat of arms with the dragon slayer Georg .
	2: 3	Murmansk Oblast Мурманская область Murmanskaya oblast	The ratio of the red stripe to the blue stripe is 4: 1. In the middle of the flag there is a golden polar light as an indication of the location on the Arctic Circle .
		Nizhny Novgorod Oblast Нижегородская область Nizhegorodskaya oblast	In the middle of the plain white flag is the coat of arms with a red deer under a golden crown.
	2: 3	Novosibirsk Oblast Новосибирская область Novosibirskaya oblast	In the middle of the four-colored flag is the coat of arms with two sables holding bread.
		Novgorod Oblast Новгородская область Novgorodskaya oblast
		Omsk Oblast Омская область Omskaya oblast
		Orenburg Oblast Оренбургская область Orenburgskaja oblast
		Oryol Oblast Орловская область Orlovskaya oblast
		Pensa Oblast Пензенская область Pensenskaya oblast
		Pskov Oblast Псковская область Pskovskaya oblast
		Ryazan Oblast Рязанская область Ryazanskaya oblast
		Rostov Oblast Ростовская область Rostovskaya oblast
	2: 3	Sakhalin Oblast Сахалинская область Sakhalinskaya oblast	The outlines of Sakhalin Island and the Kuril Islands are shown on the flag .
		Samara Oblast Самарская область Samarskaya oblast
		Saratov Oblast Саратовская область Saratovskaya oblast
		Smolensk Oblast Смоленская область Smolenskaya oblast
		Sverdlovsk Oblast Свердловская область Sverdlovskaya oblast
	2: 3	Tambov Oblast Тамбовская область Tambovskaya oblast	A beehive and three bees are shown on the red-encircled coat of arms in the red and blue two-part flag. Red stands for courage and bravery, blue for the natural beauty and cleanliness of the region.
		Tyumen Oblast Тюменская область / Tyumenskaja oblast
	2: 3	Tomsk Oblast Томская область Tomskaya oblast	The horse is taken from the coat of arms of the city of Omsk and represents horse transport in earlier times. Above it a tsar's crown.
		Chelyabinsk Oblast Челябинская область Chelyabinskaya oblast	The camel is a historical symbol. The yellow stripe stands for the Urals Mountains and its rich natural resources.
		Tula Oblast Тульская область Tulskaja oblast
		Tver Oblast Тверская область Tverskaya oblast
		Ulyanovsk Oblast Ульяновская область Ulyanovskaya oblast
		Vladimir Oblast Владимирская область Vladimirskaya oblast	The flag is based on the old flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic . It is the only flag in the Oblast with the hammer and sickle symbol . In the middle of the flag is the coat of arms of the oblast, which contains the symbols of oak leaves, lions , cross and tsar's crown.
	2: 3	Volgograd Oblast Волгоградская область Volgogradskaya oblast	The flag shows the monument " Mother Motherland Calls " (Russian: Родина-мать зовёт! "Rodina Mat 'sovjot!"), The main attraction of the city of Volgograd (formerly: Stalingrad ) on the memorial of the Battle of Stalingrad .
		Vologda Oblast Вологодская область Vologodskaya oblast
		Voronezh Oblast Воронежская Область Voronezhskaya Oblast

See also

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Web links

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