Flag of Mari El
Proportion | 2:3 |
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Adopted | 1 June 2011 |
Design | A white field with a ornament pattern on the hoist and the Mari coat of arms offset to the right. |
Designed by | Andrey Sannikov |
Use | Standard of the Head of the Mari El Republic |
Proportion | 1:1 |
The flag of
Description
The symbol of the flag is a bear. The crown and the sword on the flag symbolizes nationhood and power, respectively. The base of the emblem is a shield which contains a sign which was there on the previous flag.
Previous flags
Within the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, the flag adorned the Russian SFSR flag with the republic's name on the bottom.
During the
The current flag was adopted by Leonid Markelov, noted for his authoritarian pro-Russian, anti-Mari, administration and his later arrest for accepting bribes, and was designed by Andrey Sannikov. However, the adoption of the new flag was unusual, with Chairman of the Heraldic Council of the President of the Russian Federation, Georgy Vilinbakhov, noting that Markelov broke precedent for changing a national symbol, as that only happens when an entities border changes.[1]
The current flag is largely associated with Markelov and
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Mari ASSR (1937–1954)
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Mari ASSR (1954–1978)
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Mari ASSR (1978–1991)
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Mari El (1992-2006)
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Mari El (2006-2011)
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Standard of the President of the Mari El Republic (2006–2011)
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Flag ofUNPO(1991–2008)
Proposed flags
References
- ^ a b c "The Mari want former state symbols back". World Congress of Finno-Ugric Peoples. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
- Flags of the World: Flags of Mari El