List of Armenian flags

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This article comprises a list of flags associated with the history and country of Armenia, including misattributed flags and proposals.

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Armenian flag on the embassy in Stockholm Armenian Embassy in Stockholm (cropped).JPG
Armenian flag on the embassy in Stockholm

National flags

FlagDateUseDescription
Flag of Armenia.svg 1918 (1990)– Flag of Armenia.A horizontal tricolour of red, blue, and orange.
Flag of Armenia (vertical).svg 1918 (1990)– Flag of Armenia (vertical).

President's flag

FlagDateUseDescription
Flag of the President of Armenia.svg 1990–presentFlag of the president of Armenia

Military flags

FlagDateUseDescription
Flag of the Armenian Ministry of Defense, FOTW CRW Flags.png
2012–presentFlag of the Armenian Ministry of Defense

Municipalities and cities

Present

FlagDateDescription
Flag of Yerevan.svg 2004–present Flag of Yerevan [1]
Flag of Ejmiatsin.svg Flag of Vagharshapat [2]
Flag of Gyumri.svg 2011–presentFlag of Gyumri [3]
Flag of Ashtarak, Armenia.svg Flag of Ashtarak [4]
Flag of Abovyan.png Flag of Abovyan
Flag of Dilijan.jpg Flag of Dilijan
Flag of Artashat.png Flag of Artashat
Flag of Talin

Historical

FlagDescription
Flag of Alexandretta Jorge Aguiar Atlas.png The flag of Alexandretta as shown on the Jorge Aguiar atlas, now modern İskenderun (1492)
Armenian Cilicia with crosses (Catalan Atlas, 1375).png FIAV historical.svg FIAV reconstructed.svg The flag of medieval Lamos, a port city of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia, as shown on the Catalan Atlas (1375)
Flag of Korikos.png The flag of medieval Corycus, a port city of Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia, shown on the Villadestes atlas kept in the Topkapi Museum, as well as in the Book of Knowledge of All Kingdoms (1428)
Flag of Tarson.png The flag of medieval Tarson, a port city of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia, as shown on the Villadestes atlas kept in the Topkapi Museum, now modern Tarsus (1428)
Flag of Ayas, Cilicia.png The flag of Medieval Ayas/Lajazzo, a port city of Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia, as shown on the Dulcert atlas, now modern Yumurtalık (1339)
Flag of Sebastia as seen in the Book of Knowledge of all the kingdoms, lands, and lordships.png One of the flags of Sebastia as seen in the Book of Knowledge of All Kingdoms, now modern Sivas
Flag of Sebastia Catalan Atlas.png The flag of Sebastia as seen on the Catalan Atlas and Dulcert atlas, now modern Sivas (1339) (1375)

Political flags

FlagDateDescription
Armenian Communist Party logo.svg Armenian Communist Party
Armenian Revolutionary Federation Flag.svg Armenian Revolutionary Federation
Civil Contract Armenia flag.svg Civil Contract
Link to file 2020–present For The Republic Party
Link to file National Security Party
Link to file 2021–present Sovereign Armenia Party
Yezidi flag in Armenia.jpg Yezidi National Union ULE
Flag of ASALA.png 1975–1991 Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia

Religious flags

FlagDateUseDescription
Armenian Apostolic Church logo.svg Flag of the Armenian Apostolic Church

Historical flags

FlagDateDescription
Flag of Cilician Armenia 1563.png Flag attributed to Cilician Armenia as shown on Diogo Homem's Chart (1563) [5]
Flag of Cilicia recorded in the Book of Knowledge of all the kingdoms, lands, and lordships.png Flag of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia as recorded by an unknown Franciscan priest
Flag of Cilicia as seen in the Book of Knowledge of all the kingdoms, lands, and lordships.png Flag of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia as seen in the Book of Knowledge of All Kingdoms [6]
Flag of Sargis Pitsak.png The flag of Sargis Pitsak
Flag and seal of Leo I of Armenia.png The flag and seal of Leo I, King of Armenia that is kept in the Vatican City [7] [8]
Flag of the Rubenid Dynasty.svg 1198–1219Reconstructed flag of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia under the Rubenid dynasty.
Drapeau roupenide.png
Armenian Cilicia (Catalan Atlas, 1375).png
FlagKilikia.png 1226–1341Flag of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia under the Hethumid dynasty.
Flag of Lusignan dynasty.webp 1341–1375Flag of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia under the Lusignan dynasty.
Royal Standard of the Principality of Khachen (1214-1261).svg 1214–1261 Royal Standard of the Principality of Khachen.
Flag of Hasan-Jalalians.svg 1214Standard of House of Hasan-Jalalyan.
Flag of Administration of Western Armenia.svg 1915–1918Flag of Republic of Van
Flag of the Transcaucasian Federation.svg 22 April–28 May 1918Flag of Transcaucasian Democratic Federative Republic
Flag of the First Republic of Armenia.svg 1918 – February 1922Flag of the First Republic of Armenia [9]
Flag of SSRA.svg Feb. 1922 – Mar. 1922Flag of the Socialist Soviet Republic of Armenia [10]
Flag of Transcaucasian SFSR (1925-1936).svg Mar. 1922–1936Flag of the Transcaucasian SFSR [11]
Flag of Armenian SSR (1937-1940).svg 1936–1940Flag of the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic [10]
Flag of Armenian SSR (1940-1952).svg 1940–1952Flag of the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic [10]
Flag of the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic (1952-1990).svg 1952–1990Flag of the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic [10]
Flag of the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic (1952-1990, reverse).svg FIAV twosided.svg Reverse flag. All flags of the constituent republics of the Soviet Union did not bear the hammer and sickle on their reverse side.
Flag of Armenia.svg 1990–1991Flag of the Second Republic of Armenia [10]
1991–presentFlag of the Third Republic of Armenia

Misattributed and fictional

FlagUse
Bagratuni flag.svg Misattributed flag of Bagratid Armenia based on the Bagratid Coat of Arms located on the gates of Ani
Standard of the Artaxiad dynasty.svg Misattributed flag of Artaxiad Armenia based on the Armenian tiara of Tigranes the Great
Artaxiad coat of arms by PeopleOfAr.svg Misattributed flag of Artaxiad Armenia, another variant
Standard of the Arshakuni Arsacid dynasty.svg Misattributed flag of Arsacid Armenia
Flag of the Arshakuni dynasty (non-original, amateur version).png Misattributed flag of Arsacid Armenia, another variant
Flag of Hayk.svg Misattributed flag of Hayk Nahapet proposed by Mkrtoum Hovnatanian (1832)
Flag of Tiridates.svg Misattributed flag of Tiridates proposed by Mkrtoum Hovnatanian (1832)

Flag Proposals

FlagDateUse
1885ArmenianFlag.svg 1885Flag designed by Father Ghevont Alishan for the Armenian Diaspora in France
Red-green-blue flag.svg Late 19th centurySecond flag of the Armenian Diaspora designed by Father Ghevont Alishan (Mekhitarist Congregation Member)
Flag of Armenia (Martiros Saryan).svg 1919One of the flags designed by Martiros Saryan for the First Republic of Armenia
Proposal for the Flag of Armenia 1919 Martiros Saryan.jpg 1919One of the flags designed by Martiros Saryan for the First Republic of Armenia
Proposal flag of the First Republic of Armenia 1919.png 1919Proposed flag for the First Republic of Armenia
Flag of Armenia Proposed by the Mekhitarist order 1919 black and white.png 1919Proposed flag for the First Republic of Armenia by Vardan Hatsuni of the Mekhitarists.
Flag of Armenia Proposed by the Mekhitarist order 1919.png 1919Color scheme of the previous flag.

Armenian people in other countries

FlagDateUse
Flag of Western Armenia.png 2004–presentFlag of Western Armenia [12]
Flag of Armenians in Russia.svg Flag of Armenians in Russia
Flag of Artsakh.svg 1992–present Flag of Artsakh Armenians
Flag of Javakhk.svg Flag of Javakheti Armenians
Proposed flag of Cherkesogai.svg Flag of Cherkesogai
Flag of the Hemshin People.svg Flag of Hemshin peoples [13]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Official website of Yerevan Municipality". Archived from the original on 2 October 2011. Retrieved 20 December 2009.
  2. ↑ "ԷՋՄԻԱԾԻՆ ՔԱՂԱՔԻ ԴՐՈՇԸ". Էջմիածնի քաղաքապետարանի պաշտոնական կայք (in Armenian). 2017. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
  3. ↑ "Symbols of Gyumri". Gyumri Municipality. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
  4. ↑ "Նշված չէ". Ashtarak Municipality (in Armenian). Retrieved 16 December 2020.
  5. ↑ Cortesão, Armando (1960). Portugaliae Monumenta Cartographica (2nd ed.). Lisbon: Imprensa Nacional-Casa Da Moeda.
  6. ↑ Markham, Clements Robert; Jimenez de la Espada, Marcos (1912). Book of the Knowledge of all the Kingdoms, Lands, and Lordships that are in the World (2nd ed.). London: The Hakluyt Society. pp. 18, 21, 23.
  7. ↑ Patrik, Arakel (1974). Պատմագիրք Յուշամատեան Սեբաստիոյ Եւ Գաւառի Հայութեան Հատոր Ա․ (in Armenian). Beirut: Meshag Press. p. 146.
  8. ↑ Պատրիկ, Ա․ Ն․ (1967). Պատմական Հայ Դրոշները (in Armenian).
  9. ↑ Hovhannissian, Petros (2009). "Հայաստանի աոաջին Հանրապետության պետական դրոշի՝ Մարտիրոս Սարյանի նախագիծը [The design of the national flag of the First Republic of Armenia by Martiros Sarian]". Etchmiadzin (in Armenian). 65 (5). Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin: 118–119.
  10. 1 2 3 4 5 "Советская Армения (Soviet Armenia)" (in Russian). Russian Centre of Vexillology and Heraldry. 14 November 2004. Retrieved 20 January 2007.
  11. ↑ "Flags of the Transcaucasian Federation, 1922-1936 gg". Vexillographia. Russian Centre of Vexillology and Heraldry. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
  12. ↑ "DECREE ON THE FLAG OF THE STATE OF WESTERN ARMENIA".
  13. ↑ "Western Armenia (Turkey)".
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