Flag of Bashkortostan

Bashkortostan
Proportion2:3
Adopted25 February 1992[1]
12 February 2003 (proportion changed)[2]
DesignA horizontal tricolor of teal blue, white and green with a yellow circle bearing the kurai flower.
Designed byO. Y. Asabina and U. T. Masalimov
Flag of the Bashkir ASSR
Proportion1:2
Adopted1954
DesignThe flag of the Bashkir ASSR is a variant of the flag of the Russian SFSR with the "Башкирская АССР" and "Башҡорт АССР-ы" inscription below the hammer and sickle.
Designed byValentin Petrovich Viktorov
Flag of Bashkurdistan
Proportion1:2
Adopted20 August 1918
DesignA horizontal tricolor of blue, green and white.
Designed byZeki Velidi Togan

The flag of the Republic of Bashkortostan is one of the official state symbols of Bashkortostan, a federal subject of Russia, alongside the coat of arms and anthem. The flag has three horizontal stripes. From top to bottom, the stripes are teal blue, white, and green. The flag has been used officially as the flag of the Republic of Bashkortostan since 25 February 1992. The white stripe of the flag is charged with a kurai flower in the center.

The first national entity that represents the Bashkir people was the state of Bashkurdistan. The state uses a flag similar to the current flag of Bashkortostan. The flag was a tricolor consisted of blue, green and white. After the assimilation of Bashkurdistan to the Soviet Union in 1919, Bashkurdistan was absorbed to the USSR as an autonomous republic, the Bashkir ASSR. The Bashkir ASSR used a flag similar to all of the autonomous republics: a red flag with the inscription of the nation's name. The flag of Bashkir ASSR is also identical with the flag of the Russian SFSR at the corresponding time.

  1. ^ Law of the Supreme Soviet of the Bashkir ASSR of 25.02.1992 № VS-10/17.
  2. ^ Law of the Republic of Bashkortostan on 12.02.2003 № 466-Z "On Amendments to the Law of the Republic of Bashkortostan "On State Symbols of the Republic of Bashkortostan"".