Flag of Mordovia

Mordovia
Proportion2:3
Adopted20 May 2008
DesignA horizontal tricolor of red, white and blue with an eight-pointed red cross.
Designed byAndrey Alyoshkin
Flag of Mordovia (1995–2008)
Proportion1:2
Adopted30 March 1995
DesignA horizontal tricolor of red, white and blue with an eight-pointed red cross.
Flag of the Mordovian SSR, then Mordovia (1990–1995)
Proportion1:2
Adopted7 December 1990
DesignA variant of the Russian SFSR flag with "Mordovian SSR" written in the Russian, Erzyan, and Mokshan languages respectively.

The flag of the Republic of Mordovia in Russia[a] is a horizontal tricolour of red, white and blue. It is charged with a brown-red sun emblem in the center of the white strip. The emblem is divided into four parts, symbolizing the four Mordvin tribes. Its proportions are 1:2:1.

The flag was adopted on 20 May 2008. The proportions are 2:3.

Historical flags

Flag Years of use Ratio Government Notes
1883-1913 2:3 Krasnoslobodsky Uyezd
1914-1917 2:3 Mordovian Governorate
1918-1934 1:2 Mordovian Autonomous Oblast
1934–1937 1:2 Mordovian ASSR
1937–1954 1:2 Mordovian ASSR
1954–1990 1:2 Mordovian ASSR
1990–1995 1:2 Mordovian SSR (1990–1993)
Mordovia (1993–1995)
1995–2008 1:2 Mordovia
2008–Present 2:3 Mordovia

Other

Flag Years of use Ratio Description Notes
Unknown 2:3 Alternative Mordovian flag with an elongated solar symbol.
1:2 Ethnic flag of the Erzya people.
1:2 Ethnic flag of the Moksha people.

Notes

  1. ^ Russian: Флаг Республики Мордовия; Moksha: Мордовия Республикань флагсь; Erzya: Мордовия Республикань флаг

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