Flag of North Ossetia
Flag of the Republic of North Ossetia–Alania
Proportion1:2
Adopted1991
DesignA Tri-Horizontal Bar flag with the colors White, Red, and Yellow similarly designed to the flag of South Ossetia
Standard of the head of the Republic of North Ossetia–Alania
Proportion1:1
Adopted1991
DesignA Tri-Horizontal Bar flag with the colors White, Red, and Yellow similarly designed to the flag of South Ossetia with emblem of North Ossetia in center of flag
Protestors in The Hague with Ossetian flags

The flag of the Republic of North Ossetia–Alania (Ossetian: Цӕгат Ирыстон — Аланийы тырыса, romanized: Cægat Iryston – Alanijy tyrysa; Russian: Флаг Северной Осетии – Алании, romanized: Flag Severnoy Osetii – Alanii), a federal subject of Russia, is a tricolour, top to bottom white, red, and yellow. The flag is also said to represent the social structure of ancient Ossetian society, which was divided into three social groups forming an organic whole: the military aristocracy, the clergy, and ordinary people. The colours symbolise moral purity (white), martial courage (red) and wealth and prosperity (yellow). In blazons, the flag is described as Per fess Argent and Or, a fess Gules. The proportions are 1:2.[1]

Under the Soviet Union, North Ossetian ASSR had a predominantly red flag with blue trim on the left edge, the hammer and sickle and the words "North Ossetian ASSR" in both Russian and Ossetian. Shortly before the collapse of the Soviet Union, it was replaced with the present flag, which was adopted on 2 October 1991.

Colour scheme

Colour model White Bright Red Gold
Pantone Safe Red 186c Yellow 012c
CMYK 0.0.0.0 0.100.83.24 0.16.100.1
RGB (255,255,255) (193,0,32) (255,215,0)
HTML #FFFFFF #C10020 #FFD700
NCS S 0300-N S 1085-Y80R S 0580-G70Y

Other flags

Historical flags

Flag Date Use Description
1917–1922 Flag of Mountainous Republic of the Northern Caucasus
3 July 1937–29 July 1938 Flag of North Ossetian ASSR with Russian and Ossetian written in Latin.
18 June 1938–16 June 1954 Flag of North Ossetian ASSR with the Ossetian language written in Cyrillic.
16 June 1954–24 June 1981 Flag of North Ossetian ASSR
24 June 1981–2 October 1991 Flag of North Ossetian ASSR
2 October 1991-10 December 1991 Flag of the North Ossetian ASSR, and then of the North Ossetian SSR
10 December 1991–24 November 1994 Flag of North Ossetian SSR, and then of the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania

Subdivision flags

Flag Date Use Description
?–present Flag of Mozdoksky District

Other flags

Flag Date Use Description
2022–19 June 2023 Flag of Storm Ossetia

See also

Notes

    References

    1. ↑ Республика Северная Осетия - Алания. Russian Centre of Vexillology and Heraldry. 15 July 2007. Accessed 25 June 2021.
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