Proportion | 2:3 |
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Adopted | 20 May 2008 |
Design | A horizontal tricolor of red, white and blue with an eight-pointed red cross. |
Designed by | Andrey Alyoshkin |
Proportion | 1:2 |
Adopted | 1990 |
Design | A variant of the Russian SFSR flag with "Mordovian SSR" written in the Russian, Erzyan, and Mokshan languages respectively. |
The flag of Mordovia , in the Russian Federation, is a horizontal tricolour of red, white and blue. It is charged with a brown-red sun emblem in the center of the white strip. The emblem is divide into four parts, symbolizing the four Mordvin tribes. Its proportions are 1:2:1.
The flag was adopted on 20 May 2008. The proportions are 2:3.
Flag | Years of use | Ratio | Government | Notes |
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1883-1913 | 2:3 | Krasnoslobodsky Uyezd | ||
1914-1917 | 2:3 | Mordovian Governorate | ||
1918-1934 | 1:2 | Mordovian Autonomous Oblast | ||
1934–1937 | 1:2 | Mordovian ASSR | ||
1937–1954 | 1:2 | Mordovian ASSR | ||
1954–1990 | 1:2 | Mordovian ASSR | ||
1990–1995 | 1:2 | Mordovian SSR (1990–1991) | ||
Mordovia (1991–1995) | ||||
1995–2008 | 1:2 | Mordovia | ||
2008–Present | 2:3 | Mordovia |
Flag | Years of use | Ratio | Description | Notes |
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Unknown | 2:3 | Alternative Mordovian flag with an elongated solar symbol. | ||
1:2 | Ethnic flag of the Erzya people. | |||
1:2 | Ethnic flag of the Moksha people. |
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