Flag of Mordovia

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Mordovia
Flag of Mordovia.svg
Proportion2:3
Adopted20 May 2008
DesignA horizontal tricolor of red, white and blue with an eight-pointed red cross.
Designed byAndrey Alyoshkin
Flag of Mordovian SSR (Official design of hammer and sickle).png
Flag of Mordovia (1990-1995)
Proportion1:2
Adopted1990
DesignA variant of the Russian SFSR flag with "Mordovian SSR" written in the Russian, Erzyan, and Mokshan languages respectively.

The flag of the Republic of Mordovia in Russia [a] 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 divided into four parts, symbolizing the four Mordvin tribes. Its proportions are 1:2:1.

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The flag was adopted on 20 May 2008. The proportions are 2:3.

Historical flags

FlagYears of useRatioGovernmentNotes
Flag of Russia.svg 1883-19132:3 Krasnoslobodsky Uyezd
Flag of Russia (1914-1917, uncolored).svg 1914-19172:3 Mordovian Governorate
Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (1918-1925).svg 1918-19341:2 Mordovian Autonomous Oblast
Flag of Mordovian ASSR (1934-1937) (Variant 2).svg 1934–19371:2 Mordovian ASSR
Flag of the Mordovian ASSR (1937-1954).svg 1937–19541:2 Mordovian ASSR
Flag of Mordovian ASSR.svg 1954–19901:2 Mordovian ASSR
Flag of Mordovian SSR (Official design of hammer and sickle).png 1990–19951:2 Mordovian SSR (1990–1991)
Mordovia (1991–1995)
Flag of Mordovia (1995-2008).svg 1995–20081:2 Mordovia
Flag of Mordovia.svg 2008–Present2:3 Mordovia

Other

FlagYears of useRatioDescriptionNotes
Flag of Mordovia alternative.svg Unknown2:3Alternative Mordovian flag with an elongated solar symbol.
Erzya Flag.svg 1:2Ethnic flag of the Erzya people.
Flag of the Moksha people.svg 1:2Ethnic flag of the Moksha people.

Notes

  1. Russian: Флаг Республики Мордовия; Moksha: Мордовия Республикань флагсь; Erzya: Мордовия Республикань флаг

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