Blue with an imperial crown and a curved sabre, without touching the edges: the flag of Astrakhan Oblast.
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It is a rectangular field in blue, with two figures that do not touch the edges.
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The flag of Astrakhan is a blue field with two figures: an imperial crown at the top and a curved sabre below.
Astrakhan is an oblast in southern Russia, at the mouth of the Volga. The date on record is 13 December 2001.
The crown has the form of the Russian imperial crown, with two cross finials at the top and a red oval in the centre. The sabre is curved, with a white blade and a yellow guard and hilt.
No earlier versions are documented.
Blue
the background of the field, in a single colour, plain.
Imperial crown
at the top, in yellow and green, with white pearls and two cross finials.
Curved sabre
at the bottom, with a white blade and a yellow guard and hilt.
Position
the two figures are centred and touch no edge of the field.
The curved blade falls short: it does not reach the edge of the field. The two figures sit loose in the blue, with no frame or band holding them.
The two figures are symbols of power: the crown represents the state and the sabre its defence. It is a set of emblems rather than a scene.
Across the whole flag, the ground is one plain blue. There are no stripes, no waves and no textures: the movement comes from the two figures, not from the field.
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Flag image: drawn by Conscious, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain.
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