The flag of Tatarstan; (russian: Флаг Татарста́на, ''Flag Tatarstana'', tt-Cyrl, Татарстан байрагы); a

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, was introduced in 1991.

History

The Supreme Council of the Tatar Soviet Socialist Republic adopted the flag on 29 November 1991 in its present form. It was designed by T.G. Khaziakhmetov. The colours represent the Tatar majority and the Russian minority. * The Red band symbolises the fight for happiness, bravery, and courage of the

Tatar people The Tatars ()Tatar
in the Collins English Dictionary is an umbrella term for different

. * The White band symbolises

peace Peace is a concept of societal friendship and harmony in the absence of hostility and violence. In a social sense, peace is commonly used to mean a lack of conflict (such as war) and freedom from fear of violence between individuals or groups. ...

, concord and an honest future between the Tatars and the Russians. * The Green band symbolises hope, freedom, wealth and solidarity with Islam. Tatar nationalists such as the

All-Tatar Public Center The All-Tatar Public Center (ATPC); russian: Всетата́рский Обще́ственный Центр, Vsetatarskiy Obščestvenny Centr was a Tatar nationalist organization founded on 7 July 1988 to promote Tatarstan sovereignty and sel ...

use a different flag, divided diagonally by red and green and containing a white star and crescent in the center. File:Flag of Golden Horde-2-.svg,

Golden Horde The Golden Horde, self-designated as Ulug Ulus, 'Great State' in Turkic, was originally a Mongols, Mongol and later Turkicized khanate established in the 13th century and originating as the northwestern sector of the Mongol Empire. With the fr ...

(14th century) File:Zilant flag.gif,

Khanate of Kazan The Khanate of Kazan ( tt, Казан ханлыгы, Kazan xanlıgı; russian: Казанское ханство, Kazanskoye khanstvo) was a medieval Tatar Turkic state that occupied the territory of former Volga Bulgaria between 1438 and 1552 ...

File:Flag of Idel-Ural State.svg,

Idel-Ural State The Idel-Ural State ( tt-Cyrl, Идел-Урал өлкәсе, , ), also known as the Volga-Ural State or Idel-Ural Republic, was a short-lived Tatar republic located in Kazan that claimed to unite Tatars, Bashkirs, Volga Germans, and the Chuv ...

(1918) File:Flag of Tatar ASSR (1926-1937).svg,

Tatar ASSR The Tatar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (russian: Татарская Автономная Советская Социалистическая Республика; tt-Cyrl, Татарстан Автономияле Совет Соци� ...

(1926-1937) File:Flag of Tatar ASSR (1937-1939).svg, Tatar ASSR (1937-1939) File:Flag of Tatar ASSR (1939-1954).svg, Tatar ASSR (1939-1954) File:Flag of Tatar ASSR (1954).svg, Tatar ASSR (1954-1978) File:Flag of Tatar ASSR.svg, Tatar ASSR (1978-1991)

Proposed flags of Tatarstan

File:Flag of Mishar Tatars.svg, Proposed flag of Mishar Tatars File:Flag of Kryashens.svg, Proposed flag of Kryashens File:Flag of Tatarstan 1991 proposal.svg, Flag proposed by a special commission in 1991

References

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Flags of the federal subjects of Russia Flags introduced in 1991

Tatarstan The Republic of Tatarstan (russian: Республика Татарстан, Respublika Tatarstan, p=rʲɪsˈpublʲɪkə tətɐrˈstan; tt-Cyrl, Татарстан Республикасы), or simply Tatarstan (russian: Татарстан, tt ...

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