The flag of
Mari El, a
federal subject and
republic
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in the
Russian Federation, was adopted by the
Parliament of Mari El
The State Assembly of the Mari El Republic ( mhr, Марий Эл Республикысе Кугыжаныш Погын; russian: Государственное Собрание Республики Марий Эл) is the regional parliament o ...
on 1 June 2011.
Description
The Flag of Mari El is a rectangular cloth with a width to length ratio of 2:3, divided horizontally into three bands: upper - blue, medium - white, bottom - dark red, in the ratio 3:4:3. In the white stripe a dark red
Mari cross
Mari may refer to:
Places
* Mari, Paraíba, Brazil, a city
*Mari, Cyprus, a village
*Mari, Greece, a village, site of ancient town of Marius
*Mari, Iran (disambiguation), places in Iran
*Mari, Punjab, a village and a union council in Pakistan
* ...
is placed, with a height of 1 / 3 the height of the flag.
The symbol of the flag is a
bear
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. 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.
From 1992 to 2006, Mari El used a different flag. This flag had the horizontal bars in the ration 1:2:1, and below the Mari cross the republic's name was written.
Proposed flags
References
*Flags of the World
Flags of Mari El
Culture of Mari El
Flags of the federal subjects of Russia
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