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Flag of Karelia

The flag of the Republic of Karelia is one of the official symbols of the Republic of Karelia, a subdivision of the Russian Federation.

Flag of Karelia
Coat of arms
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The flag, in figures

Every fact about the flag, each with what it means.

Proportions
2:33 wide for every 2 high. 989 flags in the catalogue share it.
Properties
Normal flagFIAV symbol: the form of the flag.
Use
CivilFIAV symbol: who may fly the flag.
Adopted
199324 March 1993 · 33 years ago
Colours
  • Red
  • Sky blue
  • Green
Reference shades: the official one may vary slightly.
Coat of arms
YesIt carries the coat of arms on the cloth.
Designer
Aleksandr Kinner
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Take a closer look

  1. The three stripes

  2. 1

    The red stripe

  3. 2

    The green stripe

How it is described

The flag in the words of vexillology and heraldry.

Vexillological description

Paño de proporción 2:3, con tres franjas horizontales iguales y sin escudo ni emblema.

Franja superior
de gules (rojo), 1/3 del alto.
Franja central
de azur claro (celeste), 1/3 del alto.
Franja inferior
de sinople (verde), 1/3 del alto.

What it carries

Each element and how many of the 1,390 flags in the catalogue carry it. In yellow, the rarest.

The full story

How it was born, how it has changed and what it means.

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Test what you have read about the flag of Karelia.

  1. 1. Which one is the flag of Karelia?

  2. 2. What are the proportions (height:width) of the flag?

  3. 3. In which year was the current flag adopted?

Sources

Text based on the article “Bandera de la República de Carelia” from the Spanish Wikipedia, published under the licence CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Credits

Flag image: Fibonacci, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain.

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