The flag of Chechnya () is a rectangle with sides in the ratio 2:3 representing the Chechen Republic, a republic of Russia. The flag is composed of three horizontal bars of, from top to bottom: green, representing Islam; white; and red; superimposed on them is a narrow vertical white band at the hoist, containing the national ornament, a design of four golden scroll shapes.
This flag, introduced in 2004, is primarily used by the government of Chechnya while the pro-independence flags are commonly used by opposition forces.
Historic flags
From 1957 to 1978, the Soviet flag of the Checheno-Ingush ASSR was based on the flag of the Russian SFSR with the addition of a blue vertical bar on the hoist side and the abbreviated name of the Republic (НГӀАССР in Chechen and Ingush, and ЧИАССР in Russian).
In 1978, these abbreviated names were replaced with the full versions: ЧЕЧЕНО-ИНГУШСКАЯ АССР in Russian, НОХЧ-ГӀАЛГӀАЙН АССР in Chechen, and НОХЧ-ГӀАЛГӀАЙ АССР in Ingush.
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|Flag of Dzurdzuk and Princedom of Simsim
|Plain dark red flag
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|The flag of Chechnya from the end of 1785 until March 8, 1840
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|19th century
|Flag of the Caucasian Imamate
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|1919–1920
|Flag of the North Caucasian Emirate
|A plain green flag with a crecent tilted to face upwards, and 3 stars on the top.
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|Flag of the Mountain Republic
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|Flag of Ali Mitaev
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|1937–1944
|Flag of the Checheno-Ingush ASSR
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|1957–1978
|Flag of the Checheno-Ingush ASSR
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|1978–1990
|Flag of the Checheno-Ingush ASSR
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|1990–1991
|Flag of the Checheno-Ingush SSR
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1991–2000
Several flags have been used by the supporters of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria. The most common of these is the green flag with the red and white stripes. Its proportions are approximately 7:11. The color scheme is green, white, red, white, green, with the upper two-thirds of the flag in green and the remaining one third in white, red, white and green stripes of equal width, the width ratio of which is 8:1:1:1:1. Another well-known example is similar to this flag but has the country's coat of arms incorporated into the design. Each color is meant to symbolize an aspect of the Chechen national character. Green is the color of life, red symbolizes the bloodshed in the struggle for freedom and white represents the road to a bright future. It has not been used since it was replaced by the current flag of the Chechen Republic.
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|1993-1996
|Flag of the , 's faction.
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|1996–2004
|Pro-Russian Chechen flag.
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Other flags
Administrative divisions
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|22 September 2010–Present
|Flag of Grozny
|Green background with the red and white stripes, and a drawing of the Akhmad Kadyrov Mosque on the green side.
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|2011–present
| rowspan="2" |Flag of Argun
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|2010–2011
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|10 October 2021–present
|Flag of Achkhoy-Martanovsky District
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|30 January 2018–present
|Flag of Groznensky District
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|10 August 2021–present
| rowspan="2" |Flag of Gudermessky District
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|24 December 2020–10 August 2021
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|19 October 2021–present
|Flag of Itum-Kalinsky District
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|17 September 2020–present
|Flag of Kurchaloyevsky District
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|23 July 2021–present
|Flag of Nadterechny District
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|9 December 2020–present
|Flag of Naursky District
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|16 September 2020–present
|Flag of Nozhay-Yurtovsky District
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|24 September 2021–present
|Flag of Sernovodsky District
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|17 April 2020–present
|Flag of Shalinsky District
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|29 July 2021–present
|Flag of Sharoysky District
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|17 September 2020–present
|Flag of Shatoysky District
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|10 December 2020–present
|Flag of Shelkovskoy District
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|1 November 2016–present
|Flag of Urus-Martanovsky District
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|22 July 2021–present
|Flag of Vedensky District
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|11 June 2021–present
|Flag of Shatoy
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Gallery
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|2020–Present
|Adat People's Movement
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|2007–2016
|Caucasus Emirate
|A plain black flag with the Shahada on the middle written in white, and a sword on the bottom, modeled after the flag of Saudi Arabia.
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|External link
|?–Present
|Flag used by the Kadyrovites
|Identical to the current flag of Chechnya, but with the picture of Akhmat Kadyrov on the center.
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See also
- Coat of arms of the Chechen Republic
- Flag of the Checheno-Ingush Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
References
External links
- Flags of the World: Chechenia