Flag of Dagestan

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Dagestan
Flag of Dagestan.svg
Use Civil and state flag FIAV normal.svg
Proportion2:3 [1]
Adopted26 February 1994 (original), 19 November 2003 (modified)
DesignA horizontal tricolor of green, blue, and red.
Designed byAbdulvagab C. Muratchayev (ГӀабдулвагьаб Муратчаев)

The flag of Dagestan [a] was adopted after the transformation of the Dagestan ASSR into the Republic of Dagestan within the Russian Federation. The flag was formally adopted on 26 February 1994. [2] It features a horizontal tricolor of green (for Islam), [3] blue (for the Caspian Sea), [3] and red (for courage and fidelity). [3] On 19 November 2003 the proportion of the flag was changed from the original 1:2 to 2:3, and the middle stripe from light blue to blue. [1]

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Colours scheme

The official colours scheme was declared in 19 November 2003. [4]

Flag of Dagestan.svg
Colors scheme		GreenBlueRed
CMYK 100-0-50-42100-66-0-350-80-86-16
HEX #009349#0039A6#D52B1E
RGB 0-147-730-57-166213-43-30

Symbolism

Green represents life and the abundance of the land of Dagestan, and is also the traditional color of Islam (Dagestani people are predominantly Sunni Muslims). Dark (formerly light) blue, the color of the sea (the eastern part of the republic is washed by the Caspian Sea), symbolizes the beauty and grandeur of the Dagestani people. Red signifies democracy, the enlightening power of the human mind in the process of creating life, and the courage and bravery of the people of the Land of Mountains (Dagestan). Unofficial interpretations describe the green color as the representative of Northeast Caucasian (Avars, Aghuls, Dargins, Rutuls, Tsakhurs, Tabasarans, Lezgins, Laks, Chechens, Tsez etc.) people, the blue color as the representative of the Turkic peoples (Kumyks, Nogais, Azerbaijanis) and red color as the representative of Slavic (Russian) people and Iranian people (Tats).

Historical flags

Following its formation from parts of the Mountainous Republic of the Northern Caucasus in 1921, the Dagestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic had several flags of the standard ASSR, first red flags defaced with the initials of the ASSR name (i.e. ДАССР) and then a RSFSR flag defaced with the same. With the fall of the Soviet Union, Dagestan dropped the А (for Автономная 'autonomous') from its flag and the inscription read simply ДССР. [5] A flag with horizontal blue and yellow stripes may have been used briefly in 1993 and 1994 until a variation of the current horizontal tricolor was adopted in 1994. [5]

FlagDateUseDescription
Thirdimamateflag.svg 19th-centuryFlag of the 19th-century Caucasian Imamate (Imamate of Dagestan)
Flag of the Mountain Republic.svg 1917–1920Flag of the Mountainous Republic of the Northern Caucasus
Flag of the Dagestan ASSR (1925-1927).svg 1925–1927Flag of the Dagestan ASSR
Flag of the Dagestan ASSR (1927-1954).svg 1927–1954Flag of the Dagestan ASSR
Flag of the Dagestan ASSR.svg 1954–1991Flag of the Dagestan ASSR
Flag of Dagestan (1991-1994).svg 1991–1994Flag of Dagestan SSR (1991) and the Republic of Dagestan
Flag of Dagestan (1994-2003).svg 1994–2003Flag of DagestanA horizonatal tricolor of green, blue and red.

Other flags

Several peoples in Dagestan have devised their own ethnic flags:

FlagDateUseDescription
Flag of Avars.svg ?–PresentFlag of the Avar people of Dagestan
Flag of Aghuls.svg ?–PresentFlag of the Aghul people of Dagestan
Flag of Kumyks.svg ?–PresentFlag of the Kumyk people of Dagestan
?–PresentFlag of the Lak people of Dagestan
Nogai flag.svg ?–PresentFlag of the Nogai people of Dagestan
Lezgian flag.svg ?–PresentFlag of the Lezgin people of Dagestan
Flag of the Rutul People.svg ?–PresentFlag of the Rutul People (Rutulians) of DagestanA horizontal tricolor of green-white-green, with a green crecent and star on the middle.
Ethnic flag of Tabasarans.svg ?–PresentFlag of the Tabasaran people of Dagestan
Tabasaran National Movement flag.svg ?–Present
FlagDateUseDescription
Standard of the Head of the Republic of Dagestan.svg 2004–PresentStandard of the head of Dagestan A horizonatal tricolor of green, blue and red, with the coat of arms of Dagestan on the middle.
Flag of the Dagestan protesters (2022).svg 2022Flag of the independent DagestanA horizontal tricolor of green-white-green, with a green crecent and star slightly on the left.
Flag of Dagestan (anti-mobilization).svg 2022Flag used by anti-mobilization protesters in DagestanA horizontal tricolor of white-green-white.

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Russian: Флаг Дагестана; Avar: Дагъистаналъул байрахъ; Azerbaijani: Дағыстан бајрағы, romanized: Dağıstan bayrağı; Lezgian: Дагъустандин тӀаратӀ; Kumyk: Дагъыстаны байракъ, romanized: Dağıstanı bayraq; Muslim Tat: ГӀэлэм э Догъисту, romanized: Ⱨələm ə Doƣistu; Tabassaran: Дагъустандин пайдагъ; Rutul: Дагъыстандид пайдах; Lak: Дагъусттаннал ттугъ

References

  1. 1 2 Народное Собрание Республики Дагестан. Закон №27 от 19 ноября 2003 г. «О государственном флаге Республики Дагестан», в ред. Закона №23 от 4 апреля 2006 г. (People's Assembly of the Republic of Dagestan. Law #27 of 19 November 2003 On the State Flag of the Republic of Dagestan , as amended by the Law #23 of 4 April 2006. ).
  2. ↑ Верховный Совет Республики Дагестан. Постановление от 26 февраля 1994 г. «О государственном флаге Республики Дагестан». (Supreme Council of the Republic of Dagestan. Resolution of February 26, 1994 On the State Flag of the Republic of Dagestan. ).
  3. 1 2 3 The World Encyclopedia of Flags, Alfred Znamierowski (pub. Hermes House, 2002), p. 160
  4. ↑ "Символика". Archived from the original on 2021-10-05. Retrieved 2021-10-11.
  5. 1 2 Flags of the World (1999–2001). "Dagestan on Flags of the World". Archived from the original on 2008-10-21. Retrieved 2008-12-19.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
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