Flag of Chechnya

Not to be confused with theflag of Tatarstan.

Theflag of Chechnya(Chechen:Нохчийчоьнан байракх,romanized:Noxçiyçönan bayraq) is arectanglewith sides in the ratio 2:3 representing theChechen Republic,a republic ofRussia.The flag is composed of three horizontal bars of, from top to bottom:green,representingIslam;white; andred;superimposed on them is a narrow verticalwhiteband at the hoist, containing the national ornament, a design of fourgoldenscrollshapes.

Chechen Republic

Proportion	2:3
Adopted	June 22, 2004(2004-06-22)
Design	A horizontal tricolor of green (representing Islam), white (representing peace or theCaucasus Mountains) and red (representing bloodshed). The national ornament is at the white band at the hoist.
Use	Standard of thepresident of the Chechen Republic
Adopted	2020

This flag, introduced in 1982, is primarily used by thegovernmentof Chechnya while the pro-independence flags are commonly used by opposition forces.

Historic flags

From 1957 to 1978, theSovietflag of theChechen-Ingush ASSRwas based on theflag of the Russian SFSRwith the addition of a blue vertical bar on the hoist side and the abbreviated name of the Republic (НГӀАССРinChechenandIngush,andЧИАССРinRussian).

In 1978, these abbreviated names were replaced with the full versions:ЧЕЧЕНО-ИНГУШСКАЯ АССРin Russian,НОХЧ-ГӀАЛГӀАЙН АССРin Chechen, andНОХЧ-ГӀАЛГӀАЙ АССРin Ingush.

Flag	Date	Use	Description
		Flag ofDzurdzukandPrincedom of Simsim	Plain dark red flag
		The flag of Chechnya from the end of 1785 until March 8, 1840
	19th century
		Flag of theCaucasian Imamate
	1919–1920	Flag of theNorth Caucasian Emirate	A plain green flag with a crecent tilted to face upwards, and 3 stars on the top.
		Flag of theMountain Republic
		Flag ofAli Mitaev
	1937–1944	Flag of theChechen-Ingush ASSR
	1957–1978	Flag of theChechen-Ingush ASSR
	1978–1991	Flag of theChechen-Ingush ASSR

1991–2000

Several flags have been used by the supporters of theChechen Republic of Ichkeria.The most common of these is the green flag with the red and white stripes. Its proportions are approximately 7:11. The color scheme is green, white, red, white, green, with the upper two-thirds of the flag in green and the remaining one third in white, red, white and green stripes of equal width, the width ratio of which is 8:1:1:1:1.Another well-known example is similar to this flag but has the country'scoat of armsincorporated into the design. Each color is meant to symbolize an aspect of the Chechen national character. Green is the color of life, red symbolizes the bloodshed in the struggle for freedom and white represents the road to a bright future.These flags were mainly used by supporters ofDzhokhar Dudayev,Aslan Maskhadovand their successors. Apart from these several other designs have been used by different factions of theindependentistmovement, and even single sides used different flags at the same time.

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1991–2000	National flag of theChechen Republic of Ichkeria
	1991–2000	Variant flag of theChechen Republic of Ichkeria	National Flag of theChechen Republic of Ichkeriawith coat of arms.
	1990–1996	Flag of theAll-National Congress of the Chechen People
	2005–2007	Flag used by theCaucasus Emirate

Loyalist opposition

The pro-Moscow opposition to Dudayev used a flag of similar design with the main difference being the inversion of the red and white stripes.It has not been used since it was replaced by the current flag of the Chechen Republic.

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1991–2004	Pro-Russian Chechen flag.
	1993- 1995	Flag of the Provisional Council of the Chechen Republic,Umar Avturkhanov's faction.

Other flags

Administrative divisions

Flag	Date	Use
	2000?–Present	Flag ofGrozny	Green background with the red and white stripes, and a drawing of theAkhmad Kadyrov Mosqueon the green side.
	2010–present	Flag ofArgun
	?–2010
	?–present	Flag ofAchkhoy-Martanovsky District
	?–present	Flag ofGroznensky District
	2021–present	Flag ofGudermessky District
	2020–2021
	?–present	Flag ofItum-Kalinsky District
	?–present	Flag ofKurchaloyevsky District
	?–present	Flag ofNadterechny District
	?–present	Flag ofNaursky District
	?–present	Flag ofNozhay-Yurtovsky District
	?–present	Flag ofSernovodsky District
	?–present	Flag ofShalinsky District
	?–present	Flag ofSharoysky District
	?–present	Flag ofShatoysky District
	?–present	Flag ofShelkovskoy District
	?–present	Flag ofUrus-Martanovsky District
	?–present	Flag ofVedensky District

Gallery

Flag	Dste	Use	Description
	2020–Present	Adat People's Movement
	2007–2016	Caucasus Emirate	A plain black flag with theShahadaon the middle written in white, and a sword on the bottom.
	?–Present	Flag used by theKadyrovites	Identical to the current flag of Chechnya, but with the picture ofAkhmat Kadyrovon the center.

See also

• Coat of arms of the Chechen Republic

External links

• Media related toFlags of Chechnyaat Wikimedia Commons
• Flags of the World: Chechenia