Flag of the Altai Republic
| File:Flag of Altai Republic.svg | |
| Proportion | 2:3 |
|---|---|
| Adopted | 2 July 1992 |
| Design | Four stripe bicolour of white, light blue, white, and light blue |
| Designed by | Vladimir Chukuyev |
The state flag of the Altai Republic in southeastern Russia is a four stripe bicolour of light blue and white. The width of the stripes, from top to bottom, are 67+4+4+25. The white symbolizes eternity, tendency to revival, love, and the consent of the peoples within the republic. The blue symbolizes cleanliness, mountains, rivers, lakes, and heaven. The flag was designed by artist V. P. Chukuyev. It was adopted on 2 July 1992, with the proportions of 1:2. The proportions were changed to 2:3 on 29 June 1994, 1:2 on 24 April 2003 and 2:3 on 22 March 2016.
History
In 1990, the Gorno-Altai Autonomous Oblast upgraded itself to the Gorno-Altai Soviet Socialist Republic. The next year the republic held a competition to design a new flag. Several submitted designs mimicked the Russian tricolour in variation; two depicting an enlarged blue stripe and a smaller white and red stripe. White stood for the Altai Mountains and the nobility of the people, blue for the Turkic peoples and the skies above the republic, and red for the peoples fight for freedom.[1]
| Flag | Use | Description | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| File:Altai Republic flag proposal 1.svg | Flag proposal from 1991 by Alexander Basov. | [2] | |
| File:Altai Republic flag proposal 2.svg | Flag proposal from 1991 by Alexander Basov. | [2][verification needed] |
Other submissions
Other designs submitted for the flag of the Altai Republic as catalogued by the republic's Archives Committee.[3]
References
- ↑ Gavrikov, Alexander; Mashegova, Natalia; Mayer, Vera (2014). State symbols of the Republic of Altai. History of creation in archival documents (PDF) (in русский). Barnaul: Committee for Archives of the Republic of Altai. p. 13.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Flag of the Altai Republic". Vexillographia (in русский). Retrieved 16 November 2022.
- ↑ Gavrikov, Alexander; Mashegova, Natalia; Mayer, Vera (2014). State symbols of the Republic of Altai. History of creation in archival documents (PDF) (in русский). Barnaul: Committee for Archives of the Republic of Altai. pp. 99–148.
