Flag of Kalmykia

Kalmykia
Proportion	1:2
Adopted	30 July 1993
Design	Yellow field with a sky blue circle in the center containing a lotus
Designed by	Bata Erdniev
	Flag of the Kalmyk ASSR
Proportion	1:2
Adopted	29 July 1958
Design	Variant of the flag of the Russian SFSR with "Kalmyk ASSR" written in the Russian and Kalmyk languages below the hammer and sickle.

The flag of Kalmykia consists of a yellow field with a sky blue circle in the center containing a lotus. The yellow stands for the sun, the people and the religious faith of the nation. The blue represents the sky, eternity, and steadiness. The lotus is a symbol of purity, spiritual rebirth and happiness. Its five upper petals represent the continents and the lower four stand for the quarters of the globe. Together, they symbolize the will of the Kalmyks to live in friendship and to cooperate with all the nations of the world.

The first post soviet flag of Kalmykia (1992–1993) was adopted by law of 30 October 1992. (Source: Government of the Republic of Kalmykia)

Article 158: The National flag of the Republic of Kalmykia — Khalmg Tangch is a rectangular panel consisting of three horizontal stripes: the upper one is sky-blue, the middle one is golden-yellow and the lower one is scarlet. In the centre of the golden-yellow stripe, in a circle having a diameter equal to 1/4 of the flag width, is a sign in the form of flame of fire over the two wavy lines. The sign and the circumference are scarlet. The ratio of the width of the stripes of light blue and scarlet to the width of the golden-yellow stripe is 1:2. The ratio of the flag width to its length is 1:2.

Flags

Historical flags


Date	Use	Description
1479–1559^{[citation needed]}	Flag of the Nogai Horde
1630–1771^{[citation needed]}	Flag of the Kalmyk Khanate
1937–1938	Flag of the Kalmyk Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
1938–1943	Flag of the Kalmyk Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
1938–1943	Flag of the Kalmyk Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
1957–1958	Kalmyk Autonomous Oblast	The Kalmyk Autonimous Oblast doesn't have a flag of its own.
1958–1992	Flag of the Kalmyk Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
1992–1993	Flag of Kalmykia
2022	Oirat-Kalmyk People's Congress	On 27 October 2022, the Congress published a declaration of independence of Kalmykia and proclaimed the creation of an independent Kalmyk state.^[1]
2022	Alternative flag used by Oirat-Kalmyk People's Congress^[2]