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Chukchia (Russia)

C^ukotka

by Antуnio Martins, 21 May 1997

Presentation of Chukchia
Description of the flag

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Presentation of Chukchia

(Note: You need an appropriate font to correctely view the cyrillic text on this page. See here transliteration details).

Name
    (english): Chukchia
    (russian, short form): Чукотка | C^ukotka
    (russian, long form): Чукотский автономный округ | C^ukotskii~ avtonomnyi~ okrug
Local official language: Chukchi
Capital (russian): Анадырь | Anadyrh (english): Anadyr
Area: 737 700 km² (284 800 sq.mi.)
Population: 146 000 inhabitants in 1992
Status: Autonomous District (автономный округ | avtonomnyi~ okrug) within the Russian Federation
Economic region: Far East
License plate code: 87
Ham radio code: CK
ISO 3166-2 code: CHU
Flag adopted in unkn. date
Coat of arms adopted in unkn. date

In 1990 the region unilaterally upgraded itself to an Autonomous Republic.
Stuart Notholt

Description of the flag

It consists of a 1:2 azure field, with a 1:1 white triangle in the hoist (i.e., this triangle is defined by the intersection of the flag's diagonal lines), charged with a roundel of the russian flag fimbriated yellow.

The height of each "russian" stripe,
the width of the roundel fimbriation and
the minimum distance between the roundel and the triangle's edge

are equal. I've measured this specifications from the cover of a russian book on regional development in the russian Far East, during my february stay in Russia. I'm very ashamed that I didnt pay enough attention to the colors (as I was especially concerned about the measures...) and therefore I'm not certain if the russian blue is the same as the background... If not, if it's really normal-blue and azure, then we have another two-shades-of-blue flag.

Altough this is an interesting and good looking flag (if one ignores the metal to metal contact...), I dislike its meaning: Being an autonomous flag, it should reflect something local and original, something genuinly chukchi; instead, the obvious simbology indicates only the icy and mineraly rich easternmost tip of Russia -- a colonial flag...

Antуnio Martins, 21 May 1997

The flag of Chukotka in Russia marks its loyalty, and its geographical character. The flag is symbolically blue, standing for the water surrounding chukotka and its rivers. It also stands for the Chukchi people, as their national colour is blue. The white in the hoist is representative of the ice, and snow, covering Chukotka for most of the year. And to prove the region as a part of Russia, this design includes the simplified version of the region coat of arms, that has the Russian flag in the center surrounded by yellow, and it being in a circle, indicating sun, hope and friendship.
anon