This is a list of flags associated with Armenia.
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1918 (1990)– | Flag of Armenia. | A horizontal tricolour of red, blue, and orange. | |
1918 (1990)– | Flag of Armenia (vertical). |
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1990–present | Flag of the president of Armenia |
Flag | Date | Description |
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2004–present | Flag of Yerevan [1] | |
Flag of Vagharshapat [2] | ||
2011–present | Flag of Gyumri [3] | |
Flag of Ashtarak [4] | ||
Flag of Abovyan | ||
Flag of Dilijan | ||
Flag of Artashat | ||
Flag of Talin |
Flag | Date | Description |
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Armenian Communist Party | ||
Armenian Revolutionary Federation | ||
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 National Union ULE | ||
1975–1991 | Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia |
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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Flag of the Armenian Apostolic Church |
Flag | Date | Description |
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1198–1219 | Reconstructed flag of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia under the Rubenid dynasty. | |
1226–1341 | Flag of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia under the Hethumid dynasty. | |
1341–1375 | Flag of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia under the Lusignan dynasty. | |
1214–1261 | Royal Standard of the Principality of Khachen. | |
1214 | Standard of House of Hasan-Jalalyan. | |
1915–1918 | Flag of Republic of Van | |
22 April–28 May 1918 | Flag of Transcaucasian Democratic Federative Republic | |
1918 – February 1922 | Flag of the First Republic of Armenia [5] | |
Feb. 1922 – Mar. 1922 | Flag of the Socialist Soviet Republic of Armenia [6] | |
Mar. 1922–1936 | Flag of the Transcaucasian SFSR [7] | |
1936–1940 | Flag of the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic [6] | |
1940–1952 | Flag of the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic [6] | |
1952–1990 | Flag of the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic [6] | |
Reverse flag. All flags of the constituent republics of the Soviet Union did not bear the hammer and sickle on their reverse side. | ||
1990–1991 | Flag of the Second Republic of Armenia [6] | |
1991–present | Flag of the Third Republic of Armenia |
Flag | Use |
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Misattributed flag of Bagratid Armenia based on the Bagratid Coat of Arms located on the gates of Ani | |
Misattributed flag of Artaxiad Armenia based on the Armenian tiara of Tigranes the Great | |
Misattributed flag of Artaxiad Armenia, another variant | |
Misattributed flag of Arsacid Armenia | |
Misattributed flag of Arsacid Armenia, another variant | |
Misattributed flag of Hayk Nahapet proposed by Mkrtoum Hovnatanian (1832) | |
Misattributed flag of Tiridates proposed by Mkrtoum Hovnatanian (1832) | |
Flag | Date | Use |
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1885 | Flag designed by Father Ghevont Alishan for the Armenian Diaspora in France | |
Late 19th century | Second flag of the Armenian Diaspora designed by Father Ghevont Alishan (Mekhitarist Congregation Member) | |
1919 | One of the flags designed by Martiros Saryan for the First Republic of Armenia | |
1919 | One of the flags designed by Martiros Saryan for the First Republic of Armenia | |
1919 | Proposed flag for the First Republic of Armenia | |
1919 | Proposed flag for the First Republic of Armenia by Vardan Hatsuni of the Mekhitarists. | |
1919 | Color scheme of the previous flag. | |
Flag | Date | Use |
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2004–present | Flag of Western Armenia [8] | |
Flag of Armenians in Russia | ||
1992–present | Flag of Artsakh Armenians | |
Flag of Javakheti Armenians | ||
Flag of Cherkesogai | ||
Flag of Hemshin peoples [9] | ||
Vexillology is the study of the history, symbolism and usage of flags or, by extension, any interest in flags in general.
The national flag of Armenia, also known as the Tricolour, consists of three horizontal bands of equal width, red on the top, blue in the middle, and orange on the bottom. The Armenian Supreme Soviet adopted the current flag on 24 August 1990. On 15 June 2006, the Law on the National Flag of Armenia, governing its usage, was passed by the National Assembly of Armenia.
Armavir, is a province (marz) in the western part of Armenia. Located in the Ararat plain dominated by Mount Ararat from the south and Mount Aragats from the north, the province's capital is the town of Armavir while the largest city is Vagharshapat (Etchmiadzin). The province shares a 72 km (45 mi)-long border with Turkey to the south and west.
Shirak is a province of Armenia. It is located in the north-west of the country, bordering the provinces of Lori to the east and Aragatsotn to the south and southeast, and the countries of Turkey to the west and Georgia to the north. Its capital and largest city is Gyumri, which is the second largest city in Armenia. It is as much semi-desert as it is mountain meadow or high alpine. In the south, the high steppes merge into mountain terrain, being verdant green in the spring, with hues of reddish brown in the summer. The province is served by the Shirak International Airport of Gyumri.
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The flag of the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic was adopted on 17 December 1952 by the government of the Armenian SSR. The flag is similar to the flag of the Soviet Union but has a ¼-width horizontal blue stripe in the middle. The red represents the "revolutionary struggle of the working masses" and the golden hammer and sickle represents the peasants' and workers' union.
Etchmiadzin Cathedral is the mother church of the Armenian Apostolic Church, located in the city dually known as Etchmiadzin (Ejmiatsin) and Vagharshapat, Armenia. It is usually considered the first cathedral built in ancient Armenia, and often regarded as the oldest cathedral in the world.
Gyumri is an urban municipal community and the second-largest city in Armenia, serving as the administrative center of Shirak Province in the northwestern part of the country. By the end of the 19th century, when the city was known as Alexandropol, it became the largest city of Russian-ruled Eastern Armenia with a population above that of Yerevan. The city became renowned as a cultural hub, while also carrying significance as a major center of Russian troops during Russo-Turkish wars of the 19th century.
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