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[1] 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[2] similar to the flag of Sierra Leone. Another proposal was similar to the flag of Scotland, but with a yellow St. Andrew's Cross.[3]

Flags

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Other flags

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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

Notes

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  1. ^ geraldika.ru 11 May 2006 New versions of coat of arms and flag of Kaliningrad Oblast region are presented (in Russian)
  2. ^ "Komersant, Kaliningrad Regions". Archived from the original on 11 April 2008. Retrieved 11 May 2008.
  3. ^ geraldika.ru Projects of coat of arms and flag of Kaliningrad region (in Russian)
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