The flag of the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad Oblast is a rectangle with a ratio of 2:5 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 whose reign parts of the region were shortly under Russian control during the Seven Years' War).
The law does not state what the colours stand for. In the Russian pressgeraldika.ru 11 May 2006 New versions of coat of arms and flag of Kaliningrad Oblast region are presented 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 ().
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.geraldika.ru Projects of coat of arms and flag of Kaliningrad region
Other flags Administrative divisions +FlagDateUseDescription1996–presentFlag of Kaliningrad cityA coat of arms in front of a ship on an all blue background.?–presentFlag of BaltiyskOctober 2016–presentFlag of PionerskyJanuary 2016–October 2016Plain white flag with the emblem in the middle.?–January 2016Plain white flag with the emblem in the middle.?–presentFlag of Svetlogorsk?–presentFlag of Sovetsk?–presentFlag of Bagrationovsky District?–presentFlag of Ladushkin?–presentFlag of Gvardeysky District2017–presentFlag of Guryevsky District?–20172005–presentFlag of Gusevsky District?–2005?–presentFlag of Zelenogradsky District?–presentFlag of Krasnoznamensky District?–presentFlag of Nemansky District?–presentFlag of Ozyorsky District?–presentFlag of Ozyorsky District?–presentFlag of Pravdinsky District?–presentFlag of Slavsky District?–presentFlag of Chernyakhovsky District
Settlements FlagDateUseDescription?–presentFlag of Zelenogradsk
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External links Law of Kaliningrad region (# 16) about coat of arms and flag of Kaliningrad region