The flag of the Republic of Dagestan (russian: Флаг Дагестана; av, Дагъистаналъул байрахъ; az, Дағыстан бајрағы, Dağıstan bayrağı, italics=no; kum, Дагъыстаны байракъ) was adopted after the transformation of the Dagestan ASSR into the Republic of Dagestan within the Russian Federation. The flag was formally adopted on 26 February 1994. It features a horizontal tricolor of green (for

Islam Islam (; ar, ۘالِإسلَام, , ) is an Abrahamic religions, Abrahamic Monotheism#Islam, monotheistic religion centred primarily around the Quran, a religious text considered by Muslims to be the direct word of God in Islam, God (or ...

),''The World Encyclopedia of Flags'', Alfred Znamierowski (pub. Hermes House, 2002), p. 160 blue (for the Caspian Sea), and red (for courage and fidelity). On 19 November 2003 the proportion of the flag was changed from the original 1:2 to 2:3, and the middle stripe from light blue to blue.

Colours scheme

The official colours scheme was declared in 19 November 2003.

Historical flags

Following its formation from parts of the Mountainous Republic of the Northern Caucasus in 1921, the Dagestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic had several flags of the standard ASSR, first red flags defaced with the initials of the ASSR name (i.e. "") and then a RSFSR flag defaced with the same. With the fall of the Soviet Union, Dagestan dropped the ' (for , "autonomous") from its flag and the inscription read simply "". A flag with horizontal blue and yellow stripes may have been used briefly in 1993 and 1994 until a variation of the current horizontal tricolor was adopted in 1994. File:Thirdimamateflag.svg, Flag of the 19th-century

Caucasian Imamate The Caucasian Imamate, also known as the Caucasus Imamate ( ar, إمامة القوقاز, translit=Imamat Al-Qawqaz), was a state established by the imams in Dagestan and Chechnya during the early-to-mid 19th century in the North Caucasus ...

(Imamate of Dagestan) File:Flag of the Mountain Republic.svg, Flag of the Mountainous Republic of the Northern Caucasus, 1917–1920 File:Flag of the Dagestan ASSR (1925-1927).svg, Flag of the Dagestan ASSR (1925–1927) File:Flag of the Dagestan ASSR (1927-1954).svg, Flag of the Dagestan ASSR (1927–1954) File:Flag of the Dagestan ASSR.svg, Flag of the Dagestan ASSR (1954–1991) File:Flag of Dagestan SSR.png, Flag of the Dagestan SSR (1991) and the Republic of Dagestan (1991–1994) File:Flag of Dagestan (1994-2003).svg, Flag of the Republic of Dagestan (1994–2003)

Other flags

Several peoples in Dagestan have devised their own

ethnic flag An ethnic flag is a flag that symbolizes a certain ethnic group. Ethnic flags are often introduced to the ethnic community through the respective cultural or political ethnic movements. They are popular among diasporas, ethnic minorities, and some ...

s: File:Flag of the Avars (Variant 2).svg, Flag of the Avar people of Dagestan File:Flag of Aghuls.svg, Flag of the Aghul people of Dagestan File:Flag of Kumyks.svg, Flag of the

Kumyk people , image = Abdul-Wahab son of Mustafa — a prominent Kumyk architect of the 19th century. , population = near 600,000 , region1 = , pop1 = 503,060 , ref1 = , region2 = , pop2 ...

of Dagestan File:Flag of the Lak People v2.svg, Flag of the Lak people of Dagestan File:Nogai flag.svg, Flag of the

Nogai people The Nogais ( Nogai: Ногай, , Ногайлар, ) are a Turkic ethnic group who live in the North Caucasus region. Most are found in Northern Dagestan and Stavropol Krai, as well as in Karachay-Cherkessia and Astrakhan Oblast; some als ...

of Dagestan File:Lezgian flag.svg, Flag of the

Lezgin people Lezgins or Leks ( lez, Лезгияр, Лекьер. lezgijar) are a Northeast Caucasian ethnic group native predominantly to southern Dagestan, a republic of Russia, and northeastern Azerbaijan. The Lezgin are predominantly Sunni Muslims and sp ...

of Dagestan File:Flag of the Rutul People.svg, Flag of the Rutul People of Dagestan File:Ethnic flag of Tabasarans.svg, Flag of the Tabasaran people of Dagestan

References

{{Flags of Russia Culture of Dagestan

Dagestan Dagestan ( ; rus, Дагеста́н, , dəɡʲɪˈstan, links=yes), officially the Republic of Dagestan (russian: Респу́блика Дагеста́н, Respúblika Dagestán, links=no), is a republic of Russia situated in the North C ...

Colours scheme

Historical flags

Other flags

See also

References