Dagestan
UseCivil and state flag Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flag
Proportion2:3[1]
Adopted26 February 1994 (original), 19 November 2003 (modified)
DesignA horizontal tricolor of green, blue, and red.
Designed byAbdulvagab C. Muratchayev

The flag of the Republic of Dagestan (Russian: Флаг Дагестана; Avar: Дагъистаналъул байрахъ; Azerbaijani: Дағыстан бајрағы, romanized: Dağıstan bayrağı; Kumyk: Дагъыстаны байракъ) was adopted after the transformation of the Dagestan ASSR into the Republic of Dagestan within the Russian Federation. The flag was formally adopted on 26 February 1994.[2] It features a horizontal tricolor of green (for Islam),[3] blue (for the Caspian Sea),[3] and red (for courage and fidelity).[3] On 19 November 2003 the proportion of the flag was changed from the original 1:2 to 2:3, and the middle stripe from light blue to blue.[1]

Colours scheme

The official colours scheme was declared in 19 November 2003.[4]


Colors scheme		 Green Blue Red
CMYK100-0-50-42100-66-0-350-80-86-16
HEX #009349 #0039A6 #D52B1E
RGB 0-147-73 0-57-166 213-43-30

Historical flags

Following its formation from parts of the Mountainous Republic of the Northern Caucasus in 1921, the Dagestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic had several flags of the standard ASSR, first red flags defaced with the initials of the ASSR name (i.e. "ДАССР") and then a RSFSR flag defaced with the same. With the fall of the Soviet Union, Dagestan dropped the А (for Автономная, "autonomous") from its flag and the inscription read simply "ДССР".[5] A flag with horizontal blue and yellow stripes may have been used briefly in 1993 and 1994 until a variation of the current horizontal tricolor was adopted in 1994.[5]

Flag Date Use Description
19th-century Flag of the 19th-century Caucasian Imamate (Imamate of Dagestan)
1917–1920 Flag of the Mountainous Republic of the Northern Caucasus
1925–1927 Flag of the Dagestan ASSR
1927–1954 Flag of the Dagestan ASSR
1954–1991 Flag of the Dagestan ASSR
1991–1994 Flag of Dagestan SSR (1991) and the Republic of Dagestan
1994–2003 Flag of Dagestan A horizonatal tricolor of green, blue and red.

Other flags

Several peoples in Dagestan have devised their own ethnic flags:

Flag Date Use Description
?–Present Flag of the Avar people of Dagestan
?–Present Flag of the Aghul people of Dagestan
?–Present Flag of the Kumyk people of Dagestan
?–Present Flag of the Lak people of Dagestan
?–Present Flag of the Nogai people of Dagestan
?–Present Flag of the Lezgin people of Dagestan
?–Present Flag of the Rutul People (Rutulians) of Dagestan A horizontal tricolor of green-white-green, with a green crecent and star on the middle.
?–Present Flag of the Tabasaran people of Dagestan
Flag Date Use Description
2004–Present Standard of the head of Dagestan A horizonatal tricolor of green, blue and red, with the coat of arms of Dagestan on the middle.
2022 Flag of the independent Dagestan A horizontal tricolor of green-white-green, with a green crecent and star slightly on the left.
2022 Flag used by anti-mobilazation protesters in Dagestan A horizontal tricolor of white-green-white.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Народное Собрание Республики Дагестан. Закон №27 от 19 ноября 2003 г. «О государственном флаге Республики Дагестан», в ред. Закона №23 от 4 апреля 2006 г. (People's Assembly of the Republic of Dagestan. Law #27 of November 19, 2003 On the State Flag of the Republic of Dagestan, as amended by the Law #23 of April 4, 2006. ).
  2. ↑ Верховный Совет Республики Дагестан. Постановление от 26 февраля 1994 г. «О государственном флаге Республики Дагестан». (Supreme Council of the Republic of Dagestan. Resolution of February 26, 1994 On the State Flag of the Republic of Dagestan. ).
  3. 1 2 3 The World Encyclopedia of Flags, Alfred Znamierowski (pub. Hermes House, 2002), p. 160
  4. ↑ "Символика". Archived from the original on 2021-10-05. Retrieved 2021-10-11.
  5. 1 2 Flags of the World (1999–2001). "Dagestan on Flags of the World". Archived from the original on 2008-10-21. Retrieved 2008-12-19. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
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