Flag of Moscow

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Moscow

Proportion	2:3
Adopted	1 February 1995 (current version)
Design	Dark red background with Saint George wearing armor and a blue cape holding a lance riding on a silver horse stabbing a zilant with a lance

The flag of Moscow, the capital of Russia, is a dark red banner of arms charged as the arms of the city in the centre. It displays Saint George wearing armor and a blue cape with a golden lance in his right hand riding on a silver horse. He is shown stabbing a zilant with a lance. The legend in which the flag came from originated in Jacobus de Voragine's Golden Legend.

The flag was adopted on 1 February 1995. The proportions are 2:3.