The flag of

Kamchatka Krai Kamchatka Krai ( rus, Камча́тский край, r=Kamchatsky kray, p=kɐmˈtɕatskʲɪj kraj) is a federal subject of Russia (a krai), situated in the Russian Far East, and is administratively part of the Far Eastern Federal District. Its ...

, in the

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, is a horizontal bicolour of white and blue charged with an emblem. The emblem is a modification of the coat of arms of Kamchatka Krai: three

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-capped

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peaks on the backdrop of a red

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framed by an ornament. The flag was adopted on 17 February 2010 by the

Legislative Assembly of Kamchatka Krai The Legislative Assembly of Kamchatka Krai (russian: Законодательное собрание Камчатского Края) is the regional parliament of Kamchatka Krai, a federal subject of Russia. Together with the executive and judi ...

, and came into use 1 July 2010. Before 2007, the territory that is now Kamchatka Krai was two federal subjects called

Kamchatka Oblast Kamchatka Oblast (russian: Камча́тская о́бласть, ''Kamchatskaya oblast'') was, until being incorporated into Kamchatka Krai on July 1, 2007, a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). To the north, it bordered Magadan Oblast ...

and

Koryak Autonomous Okrug Koryak may refer to: *Koryaks, a people of northeastern Siberia *Koryak language, language of the Koryaks *Koryak Okrug, an administrative division of Kamchatka Krai, Russia *Koryak, the son of Aquaman Aquaman is a superhero appearing in ...

and thus their respective

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were used instead.

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