Chuvashia (Russia)

C^uvas^ia^, C^a~vas^ En

Last modified: 2000-01-14 by antonio martins
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• Presentation of Chuvashia
• Description of the flag
• The coat of arms of Chuvashia
• Alternative color usage

• Cheboksary
• Proposals for the chuvash flag in 1992
• Chuvashia in Soviet Union
• Incorrect depictions: (including the “purple” flag of Chuvashia)
• Pugac^ov rebellion flag
• Independentist pan-turkish flag (Idel Ural)
• Russia
• Russian subdivisions
• Clickable map of russian subdivisions

• Portrait of Chuvashia: Descriptions of the flag and hymn with pictures. Includes the hymn's tune in real adio and lyrics in english and chuvash
  Reported by Jorge Candeias

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Name
    (english): Chuvashia
    (russian, short form): ×óâàøèÿ | C^uvas^ia^
    (russian, long form): ×óâàøñêàÿ Ðåñïóáëèêà | C^uvas^skaa^ Respublika
    (local, short form): ×à~âàø Åí | C^a~vas^ En
    (local, long form): ×à~âàø Ðåñïóáëèêè | C^a~vas^ Respubliki
Local official language: Chuvash
Capital (russian): ×åáîêñàðû | C^eboksary (english): Cheboksary
    (local name): Øóïàøêàð | S^upas^kar
Area: 18 300 km² (7 100 sq.mi.)
Population: 1 353 000 inhabitants in 1992
Status: Republic (Ðåñïóáëèêà | Respublika) within the Russian Federation
Economic region: Volga-Vyatka
License plate code: 21
Ham radio code: CU
ISO 3166-2 code: CU
Flag adopted in 1992.04.29
Coat of arms adopted in 29.04.1992

Like Bashkor, Chuvash people are Turkic; strangely they are not Muslim but christian orthodox.
Giuseppe Bottasini, quoting Aldo Ziggioto

On 29 April 1992 Chuvashskaja A.R. (Autonomous Republic) adopted a very original golden-purple flag, representing a stylized "Tree of Life" (symbol of national revival) topped with three Suns, an ancient Chuvash device.
Giuseppe Bottasini, quoting Aldo Ziggioto

The colour (dark red) of Moscow flag is established by the law. Chuvashian red is "pupurniy" (dark red). Concerning to other russian flags I can tell that they usually use red colour.
Nicolay Khimenkov, 02 Mar 1999

The flag design is taken from the coat of arms. The Tree of Life motif is often in many local ornaments -- embroidery, vime and iron works, gastronomy, etc. The 8-pointed star is widely used in all ethnical republics of Central European Russia (Udmurtia, Mari-El, Chuvashia, Tataria, Bashkiria and Mordovia) and can be found in several of their flags.
António Martins, 08 Nov 1996

The coat-of-arms shows the same devices (Tree of Life and Suns) along with golden hop branches and the name of the Republic in gold on a purple cartouche.
Giuseppe Bottasini, quoting Aldo Ziggioto

Whereas normal red and yellow are used on the flag, this “loud” colors are often replaced by softer tones in other occasions, such as government building's signs, stationary paper, official forms and institutional advertising. Very light yellow () and brownish red () are the colors used in these occasions, instead of yellow and red.
António Martins, 15 Sep 1997

[These colors can be seen in a wrong flag depiction — ed.]