Flag of Kaliningrad Oblast

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Flag of Kaliningrad Oblast

The flag of the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad Oblast is a rectangle with a ratio of 2:3 divided into three horizontal stripes. The upper stripe is red, a thin (1/3 of the upper strip) yellow stripe in the middle and a dark blue stripe of the same size as the red bar. In the canton is a silver-and-black stylized medieval castle with open gates and the monogram of Empress Elizabeth Petrovna (under which reign parts of the region were shortly under Russian control during the Seven Years' War).

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The law does not state what the colours stand for. In the Russian press [1] it was stated that the silver fortress with open gates stands for hospitality, the dark blue for the Baltic Sea and tranquility, the yellow for the wealth of amber and the red for active man principle (цвет активного мужского начала).

The law about the flag and the coat of arms went into effect on 9 June 2006. Previously this westernmost Russian region had no flag. When plans were made to adopt a flag another proposal was a tricolour with 3 horizontal stripes in green, white and dark blue [2] similar to the flag of Sierra Leone. Another proposal was similar to the flag of Scotland, but with a yellow St. Andrew's Cross. [3]

Flags

Other flags

FlagDateUseDescription
Flag of Kaliningrad.svg 1996–presentFlag of Kaliningrad cityA coat of arms in front of a ship on an all blue background.
Flag of Baltiysk.png ?–presentFlag of Baltiysk
Flag of Pionersky (Kaliningrad oblast).png October 2016–presentFlag of Pionersky
Flag of Pionersky (2016-10).png January 2016–October 2016Plain white flag with the embem on the middle.
Flag of Pionersky (2016-01).png ?–January 2016Plain white flag with the embem on the middle.
Flag of Svetlogorsk (Kaliningrad oblast).png ?–presentFlag of Svetlogorsk
Flag of Sovetsk.png ?–presentFlag of Sovetsk
Bagrationovsk flag.svg ?–presentFlag of Bagrationovsky District
Flag of Ladushkin (Kaliningrad oblast).png ?–presentFlag of Ladushkin
Flag of Gvardeysky district.png ?–presentFlag of Gvardeysky District
Flag of Guryevsky district.png 2017–presentFlag of Guryevsky District
Flag of Guryevsky district (2017-02).png ?–2017
Flag of Gusev (Kaliningrad oblast).png 2005–presentFlag of Gusevsky District
Flag of Gusev (Kaliningrad oblast) (2005).png ?–2005
Flag of Zelenogradsky urban okrug.png ?–presentFlag of Zelenogradsky District
Flag of Krasnoznamensk (Kaliningrad oblast).png ?–presentFlag of Krasnoznamensky District
Flag Nemana.svg ?–presentFlag of Nemansky District
Nesterov flag.svg ?–presentFlag of Ozyorsky District
Flag of Ozyorsky rayon (Kaliningrad oblast).png ?–presentFlag of Ozyorsky District
Flag of Pravdinsk (Kaliningrad oblast).png ?–presentFlag of Pravdinsky District
Flag of Slavsky rayon (Kaliningrad oblast).png ?–presentFlag of Slavsky District
RUS Chernyakhovsk flag.svg ?–presentFlag of Chernyakhovsky District

Notes

  1. geraldika.ru 11 May 2006 New versions of coat of arms and flag of Kaliningrad Oblast region are presented (in Russian)
  2. "Komersant, Kaliningrad Regions". Archived from the original on 11 April 2008. Retrieved 11 May 2008.
  3. geraldika.ru Projects of coat of arms and flag of Kaliningrad region (in Russian)


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