Flag of Mari El
This article needs to be updated.(June 2011) |
Proportion | 2:3 |
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Adopted | 1 June 2011 |
Design | A white field with a ornament pattern on the hoist and the Mari coat of arms offset to the right. |
Designed by | Andrey Sannikov |
Proportion | 1:2 |
Adopted | 24 October 1978 |
Design | Variant of the flag of the Russian SFSR with "Mari ASSR" written in the Russian and Mari languages below the hammer and sickle. |
Designed by | Valentin Viktorov |
The flag of Mari El, a federal subject and republic in the Russian Federation, was adopted by the Parliament of Mari El on 1 June 2011.
Description[]
The Flag of Mari El is a rectangular cloth with a width to length ratio of 2:3, divided horizontally into three bands: upper - blue, medium - white, bottom - dark red, in the ratio 3:4:3. In the white stripe a dark red is placed, with a height of 1 / 3 the height of the flag.
The symbol of the flag is a bear. The crown and the sword on the flag symbolizes nationhood and power, respectively. The base of the emblem is a shield which contains a sign which was there on the previous flag.
Previous flags[]
Within the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, the flag adorned the Russian SFSR flag with the republic's name on the bottom.
From 1992 to 2006, Mari El used a different flag. This flag had the horizontal bars in the ration 1:2:1, and below the Mari cross the republic's name was written.
Mari ASSR (1937-1954)
Mari ASSR (1954-1978)
Mari ASSR (1978—1991)
Mari El (1992-2006)
Mari El (2006-2011)
References[]
- Flags of the World: Flags of Mari El
- Culture of Mari El
- Flags of the federal subjects of Russia
- Flags introduced in 2006
- Flags of indigenous peoples
- Flags displaying animals
- Russian flag stubs