Flag of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug

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Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
Flag of Chukotka.svg
Proportion2:3
Adopted28 February 1994 (First version)
28 October 1997 (Current version)
DesignA blue field charged with a white triangle with the Russian flag rimmed with a yellow border

The flag of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug is a blue field charged with a white triangle at the hoist side. At the center of the triangle is a roundel of the Russian national flag rimmed with a thick yellow border.

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The blue is the national color of the Chukchi people. It also symbolizes the rivers within the autonomous okrug. The white symbolizes the ice and snow, which covers Chukotka for most of the year. The yellow symbolizes the sun, hope, and friendship. [1]

Historical Flags

FlagDateUseDescription
Flag of Far Eastern Republic.svg 1920–1922 FIAV historical.svg Far Eastern Republic
Flag of Chukotka (1994-1997).svg 1994–1997 FIAV historical.svg Chukotka Autonomous Okrug

Other flags

Administrative divisions

FlagDateUseDescription
Flag of Anadyrsky rayon (Chukotka).png 2008–presentFlag of Anadyrsky District
Flag of Chukotsky District.png 2012–presentFlag of Chukotsky District
Flag Egvekinot Iul'tinskii raion.jpg 2021–presentFlag of Iultinsky District
Flag of Providensky rayon (Chukotka).png 2010–presentFlag of Providensky District

Cities

FlagDateUseDescription
Flag of Anadyr (Chukotka).svg 2005–presentFlag of Anadyr
Flag of Chukotsky rayon (Chukotka) (2010).png 2010–presentFlag of Lavrentiya

Misattributed flags

FlagMisattributed UsageDate CreatedDescription
Flag of the Free State of Chutkotka.svg Flag of the so called "Free state of Chukotka" [2] October 1921This misattributed flag is a horizontal tricolor, from top to bottom white, pure yellow (#f3e600), and moderate blue (#438dcc). The flag was designed in October 1921. A mobile history game used this flag to represent the native Chukchi people.
Flag of Free State of Chukotka (1990s vexillologist report).svg Inaccurate flag report of “Free State of Chukotka” [3] 1990sThis flag was made in the 1990s as a false report of the flag of the Free State of Chukotka. The design comes from a 1970s move by cinematographers about the Russian Civil War in Siberia. They made white, red, blue flag. A vexillologist saw the movie and decided that white, red, and blue is a flag of Chukotka. [2]

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References

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  2. 1 2 "pre-Soviet Chukotkan flags". www.fotw.info. Retrieved 2024-08-20.
  3. "флажные мистификации". www.vexillographia.ru. Retrieved 2024-08-20.