The state flag of the Altai Republic in southeastern Russia is a four stripe bicolour of light blue and white. The width of the stripes, from top to bottom, are 67+4+4+25. The white symbolizes eternity, tendency to revival, love, and the consent of the peoples within the republic. The blue symbolizes cleanliness, mountains, rivers, lakes, and heaven.
The flag was designed by artist V. P. Chukuyev. It was adopted on 2 July 1992, with the proportions of 1:2. The proportions were changed to 2:3 on 29 June 1994, 1:2 on 24 April 2003 and 2:3 on 22 March 2016.
History
Before 1990 FlagYears of useRatioGovernmentDescription19171:2Karakorum GovernmentThe first national flag created by Grigory Gurkin1918–19212:3First Confederated Republic of AltaiThe flag of the Confederated Republic of Altai, a short-lived independent state during the Russian Civil War1921–19222:3Second Confederated Republic of Altai
After 1990 In 1990, the Gorno-Altai Autonomous Oblast upgraded itself to the Gorno-Altai Soviet Socialist Republic. The next year the republic held a competition to design a new flag. Several submitted designs mimicked the Russian tricolour in variation; two depicting an enlarged blue stripe and a smaller white and red stripe. White stood for the Altai Mountains and the nobility of the people, blue for the Turkic peoples and the skies above the republic, and red for the peoples fight for freedom. +FlagUseDescriptionRef.Flag proposal from 1991 by Alexander Basov.
Other submissions Other designs submitted for the flag of the Altai Republic as catalogued by the republic's Archives Committee. +FlagAuthorsDescriptionDesign by an unknown author.Design by Ignatiy Ortonulov.Design by an unknown author.Design by Nelly Kazitova.Design by an unknown author.Design by an unknown author.Design by an unknown author.Design by Friedrich Taushkanov.Design by Gennady Kebekov.Design by Alchibaev (no last name provided).A vertical tricolor of white, blue and green, with a red star on the upper left corner.A green field with a white circle and in the middle of the circle is a red star.Design by Nikolai Chichkanov.Design by Alexei Edokov.Design by an unknown author.Design by Vladimir Chukuyev.Design by Anatoly Shadrin.
Other
Administrative divisions FlagDateUseRef.28 August 2020–presentFlag of Gorno-Altaysk28 March 2020–presentFlag of Kosh-Agachsky District28 December 2019–presentFlag of Mayminsky District23 December 2003 – 28 December 201924 December 2019–presentFlag of Ongudaysky District26 December 2019–presentFlag of Turochaksky District12 March 2020–presentFlag of Ulagansky District28 December 2004 – 12 March 202026 December 2019–presentFlag of Ust-Kansky District17 January 2003 – 26 December 201930 December 2019–presentFlag of Ust-Koksinsky District13 December 2019–presentFlag of Chemalsky District19 December 2019–presentFlag of Choysky District28 November 2003 – 19 December 201925 December 2019–presentFlag of Shebalinsky District
Settlements FlagDateUseRef.?–presentFlag of the ?–presentFlag of the
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