The flag of
Mordovia, in the
Russian Federation, is a horizontal
tricolour
A tricolour () or tricolor () is a type of flag or banner design with a triband design which originated in the 16th century as a symbol of republicanism, liberty, or revolution. The flags of France, Italy, Romania, Mexico, and Ireland were ...
of red, white and blue. It is
charged with a brown-red sun emblem in the center of the white strip. The emblem is divide into four parts, symbolizing the four
Mordvin
The Mordvins (also Unified Mordvin people, Mordvinians, Mordovians; russian: мордва, Mordva, Mordvins (no equivalents in Moksha and Erzya)) is an obsolete but official term used in the Russian Federation to refer both to Erzyas and Moksh ...
tribes. Its proportions are 1:2:1.
The flag was adopted on 20 May 2008. The proportions are 2:3.
Historical flags
Other
See also
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Flag of the Mordovian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
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Auseklis
Auseklis is a Latvian god, a stellar deityLurker, Manfred (2004). ''The Routledge dictionary of gods and goddesses, devils and demons''. Routledge. p. 25. . that represents a celestial body, but possibly not the same as Venus (Rīta zvaigzne) - ...
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Flag of Udmurtia
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Flags of the federal subjects of Russia
Flags introduced in 1995
Mordovia
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