Flag of Volgograd Oblast explained

Volgograd Oblast
Proportion:2:3
Adoption:August 31, 2000[1] [2]
Design:Red field with two vertical stripes at the hoist, charged with the statue The Motherland Calls.
Designer:Y.M. Kurasov and A.V. Shvets
Type:State

The flag of Volgograd Oblast, a federal subject of Russia, was adopted in June 2000. The flag is a field of red (representing the courage and blood of those who fought for Russia and the oblast) with two blue vertical stripes (representing Volga and the Don rivers) at the hoist, and charged with an illustration of the statue The Motherland Calls.[3] The ratio of the flag is 2:3.

Other flags

!Flag!Date!Use!Description
?–presentFlag of Volgograd cityRed background with the coat of arms on the middle
?–presentFlag of Frolovo
?–presentFlag of Kamyshin
?–presentFlag of Mikhaylovka
?–presentFlag of Uryupinsk
2006–presentFlag of Volzhsky
2003–2006
?–presentFlag of Alexeyevsky District
?–presentFlag of Bykovsky District
?–presentFlag of Chernyshkovsky District
?–presentFlag of Danilovsky District
?–presentFlag of Dubovsky District
?–presentFlag of Frolovsky District
2002–presentFlag of Gorodishchensky District
?–2002
?–2002Flag of Gorodishchensky District, reverse
?–presentFlag of Ilovlinsky District
?–presentFlag of Kalachyovsky District
?–presentFlag of Kamyshinsky District
?–presentFlag of Kikvidzensky District
?–presentFlag of Kletsky District
?–presentFlag of Kotelnikovsky District
?–presentFlag of Kotovsky District
?–presentFlag of Kumylzhensky District
?–presentFlag of Leninsky District
?–presentFlag of Nekhayevsky District
?–presentFlag of Nikolayevsky District
?–presentFlag of Novonikolayevsky District
?–presentFlag of Pallasovsky District
?–presentFlag of Rudnyansky District
?–presentFlag of Serafimovichsky District
?–presentFlag of Sredneakhtubinsky District
?–presentFlag of Staropoltavsky District
?–presentFlag of Surovikinsky District
?–presentFlag of Svetloyarsky District
?–presentFlag of Uryupinsky District
?–presentFlag of Yelansky District
2007–presentFlag of Zhirnovsky District
?–2007

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 681-й специальный моторизованный полк Росгвардии (в/ч 3792, Москва) | Геральдика.ру.
  2. Web site: Государственные символы.
  3. Web site: Volgograd Region (Russia).

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