List of Armenian flags

This is a list of flags associated with Armenia.

Armenian flag on the embassy in Stockholm

National flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1918 (1990)–	Flag of Armenia.	A horizontal tricolour of red, blue, and orange.
	1918 (1990)–	Flag of Armenia (vertical).

President's flag

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1990–present	Flag of the president of Armenia

Military flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	2012–present	Flag of the Armenian Ministry of Defense

Municipalities and Cities

Flag	Date	Description
	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

Political flags

Flag	Date	Description
		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

Religious flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
		Flag of the Armenian Apostolic Church

Historical flags

Flag	Date	Description
	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

Misattributed and fictional

Flag	Use
	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 Proposals

Flag	Date	Use
	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.

Armenian people in other countries

Flag	Date	Use
	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]

See also

• Armorial of Armenia
• Flag of Armenia
• Coat of arms of Armenia

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. 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.
6. "Советская Армения (Soviet Armenia)" (in Russian). Russian Centre of Vexillology and Heraldry. 14 November 2004. Retrieved 20 January 2007.
7. "Flags of the Transcaucasian Federation, 1922-1936 gg". Vexillographia. Russian Centre of Vexillology and Heraldry. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
8. "DECREE ON THE FLAG OF THE STATE OF WESTERN ARMENIA".
9. "Western Armenia (Turkey)".