Flag of Smolensk Oblast

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Smolensk Oblast
Flag of Smolensk Oblast.svg
Proportion2:3
Adopted22 December 1998
DesignRed field with two horizontal stripes at the bottom, charged with the Coat of arms of Smolensk Oblast at the canton.
Designed byUnknown

The official flag ofSmolensk Oblast was adopted on 22 December 1998. the flag of Smolensk Oblast is a rectangular red cloth with a ratio of width to length 2:3 at the bottom are two gold-yellow stripes occupying 5 percent of the flag width and dividing the flag in width into three parts in a 6:2:1 ratio. Above the flagpole there is a shortened version of the coat of arms of the Smolensk Oblast - a shield with a cap occupying 45 percent of the width and 20 percent of the flag's length, and the vertical axis of the coat of arms divides the flag in a 1:4 ratio. The flag cloth can be framed with gold fringe.

On December 10, 1998, by Decision No. 179, the Regional Duma adopted the Law "On the Coat of Arms and Flag of Smolensk Region" No. 38-z of December 22, 1998. The law entered into force on December 30.

Other flags

FlagDateUseDescription
Flag of Smolensk (Smolensk oblast).png ?–presentFlag of Smolensk cityRed background with 3 vertical gold-yellow stripes with a white square charged with a cannon and the Gamayun on the canton
Flag of Gagarin (Smolensk oblast).png ?–presentFlag of Gagarin
Flag of Vyazma (Smolensk oblast).png ?–presentFlag of Vyazma
Flag of Roslavl.svg ?–presentFlag of Roslavl
Flag of Desnogorsk (Smolensk oblast).png ?–presentFlag of Desnogorsk
Flag of Dorogobuzh (Smolensk oblast).svg ?–presentFlag of Dorogobuzh
Flag of Elnya (Smolensk oblast).png ?–presentFlag of Yelnya
Flag of Demidovsky rayon (Smolensk oblast).svg ?–presentFlag of Demidovsky District
Flag of Dukhovshchinsky rayon (Smolensk oblast).png ?–presentFlag of Dukhovshchinsky District
Flag of Gagarinsky rayon (Smolensk oblast).png ?–presentFlag of Gagarinsky District
Flag of Kardymovsky rayon (Smolensk oblast).png ?–presentFlag of Kardymovsky District
Flag of Khislavichsky District.png ?–presentFlag of Khislavichsky District
Holm-jirkovsky district flag.gif ?–presentFlag of Kholm-Zhirkovsky District
Flag of Monastyrschinsky rayon (Smolensk oblast).svg ?–presentFlag of Monastyrshchinsky District
Flag of Pochinkovsky rayon (Smolensk oblast).png ?–presentFlag of Pochinkovsky District
Flag of Roslavlsky rayon (Smolensk oblast).png ?–presentFlag of Roslavlsky District
Flag of Shumyachsky rayon.png ?–presentFlag of Shumyachsky District
Flag of Smolensky rayon (Smolensk oblast).png ?–presentFlag of Smolensky District
Flag of Sychyovsky rayon (Smolensk oblast).png ?–presentFlag of Sychyovsky District
Flag of Tyomkinsky rayon (Smolensk oblast).png ?–presentFlag of Tyomkinsky District
Flag of Yartsevsky District (2009).gif 2009–presentFlag of Yartsevsky District

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