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![[Flag of Moscow City]](../images/ru-mow.gif)
(Note: You need an appropriate font to correctely view the cyrillic text on this page. See here transliteration details).
Name
(english): Moscow city
(russian, short form): Ìîñêâà | Moskva
(russian, long form): Ãîðîä Ôåäåðàëüíîãî Ïîä÷èíåíèÿ Ìîñêâà | Gorod Federalhnogo Podc^inenia^ Moskva
Capital (russian): Ìîñêâà | Moskva (english): Moscow
Population: 8 957 000 inhabitants in 1992
Status: Federal city (Ãîðîä Ôåäåðàëüíîãî Ïîä÷èíåíèÿ | Gorod Federalhnogo Podc^inenia^) within the Russian Federation
Economic region: Center (central European Russia)
License plate code: 77
Ham radio code: MA
ISO 3166-2 code: MOW
Flag adopted in 1995.02.01
Coat of arms adopted in 1995.02.01
"MOCKBA" is how the russian name "Moskva" looks like
in upper case cyrillic script
— it sounds "mahsskvah".
António Martins, 25 Oct 1997
The official description is: In red field the main
element of the Moscow coat of arms (St. George) is placed.
The background is dark red with proportions 2:3,
and the length of horseman is 2/5 of flag's length.
This flag adopted in February 1st 1995. Source:
Law on the Coat of Arms and Flag of Moscow City,
N.o 4-12.
Nicolay Khimenkov, 23 Feb 1999 and 01 Mar 1999,
and Michael Simakov, 21 and 23 Jul 1998
It's 2:3 red with the city coat of arms' charges
(a silver St. George riding a silver horse and dressed
with a blue coat, slaying a green dragon with a golden
spear, all lined in black) placed in the middle of the
flag but with no shield border all around. The
Moscow's coa background is a red samnitic shield.
António Martins, 21 Oct 1997
This law states that the flag of the city of Moscow can
be used by the Mayor as a car flag for official events and
also on his official residence.
Pascal Vagnat, 13 Oct 1998
The coat of arms of the duchy of Moscow,
was red with Saint George, wearing white armor
and a blue cape, riding a white horse, holding a blue
shield, defeating the dragon.
Anton Sherwood, s.d.
This one is a mirror image — the horse and knight
usually face dexter (viewer’s left hand). But it
lacks wreath, ribbon and imperial crown — or maybe
today's coat of arms doesn't have them...
Santiago Dotor, 17 Dec 1998
The rider is said to be St. George from 1730.
The dominant colors are in effect
red, blue and white.
Giuseppe Bottasini, s.d.
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
In 1997.09.04 I found two variations of the city flag.
António Martins, 21 Oct 1997
This is like the normal one, but there is a black
shield lining around St.George and the dragon. This
I found by one of the doors of Belarusskaa^
subway station.
António Martins, 21 Oct 1997
It is variation of cities flag.
Michael Simakov, 23 Jul 1998
This is like the previous, but this time the shield
(black lined) has a white background, definitely
wrong. This I found in the S^eremethevo2 airport
Taj Mahal (Löwenbräu) restaurant, along with
the flags of India,
Germany,
Russia and
the European Union... Inside that
same restaurant, a table flag set featured all these
flags (but not Moscow's) and also a
bavarian flag...
António Martins, 21 Oct 1997
This is something I spotted atop of one of Kremlin's
(non-"onion" shaped) towers, in the roof of krasnoe
krylhco, near the spasskaa^ clock tower: It
is a metal piece at the very top of the tower, shaped
like a flag... It has four “swallow tails” and a swiss
cross shaped hole on it. I'm not sur it this qualifies
for a "real" flag; I made it golden because it's made of
some kind of yellow metal.
António Martins, 25 Oct 1997
