Flag of Kaliningrad Oblast

The flag of the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad Oblast is a rectangle with a ratio of 2:3 divided into three horizontal stripes. The upper stripe is red, a thin (1/3 of the upper strip) yellow stripe in the middle and a dark blue stripe of the same size as the red bar. In the canton is a silver-and-black stylized medieval castle with open gates and the monogram of Empress Elizabeth Petrovna (under which reign parts of the region were shortly under Russian control during the Seven Years' War).

Flag of Kaliningrad Oblast

The law does not state what the colours stand for. In the Russian press it was stated that the silver fortress with open gates stands for hospitality, the dark blue for the Baltic Sea and tranquility, the yellow for the wealth of amber and the red for active man principle (цвет активного мужского начала).

The law about the flag and the coat of arms went into effect on 9 June 2006. Previously this westernmost Russian region had no flag. When plans were made to adopt a flag another proposal was a tricolour with 3 horizontal stripes in green, white and dark blue similar to the flag of Sierra Leone. Another proposal was similar to the flag of Scotland, but with a yellow St. Andrew's Cross.

Flags

Other flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1996–present	Flag of Kaliningrad city	A coat of arms in front of a ship on an all blue background.
	?–present	Flag of Baltiysk
	October 2016–present	Flag of Pionersky
	January 2016–October 2016		Plain white flag with the embem on the middle.
	?–January 2016		Plain white flag with the embem on the middle.
	?–present	Flag of Svetlogorsk
	?–present	Flag of Sovetsk
	?–present	Flag of Bagrationovsky District
	?–present	Flag of Ladushkin
	?–present	Flag of Gvardeysky District
	2017–present	Flag of Guryevsky District
	?–2017
	2005–present	Flag of Gusevsky District
	?–2005
	?–present	Flag of Zelenogradsky District
	?–present	Flag of Krasnoznamensky District
	?–present	Flag of Nemansky District
	?–present	Flag of Ozyorsky District
	?–present	Flag of Ozyorsky District
	?–present	Flag of Pravdinsky District
	?–present	Flag of Slavsky District
	?–present	Flag of Chernyakhovsky District

External links

• Law of Kaliningrad region (# 16) about coat of arms and flag of Kaliningrad region (in Russian)