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Adygea
Last modified: 1997-10-03 by giuseppe bottasini
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Flag of Adygea
Adyge is the name this people call itself. They are usually called "Cirkassyan". In fact Adygea is only a part of the Cirkassyans live. Cirkassyan are European. From 1922 to 1991 Adygea was only a autonomus province, now it is a Republic.Its flag is not new, because it was firstly drawn by David Urquhart, a Scottish scholar sent by British Government to substain Cirkassyan people against Russia. He created a flag, that is very like to the nowadays flag adopted on 23 March 1992.
The 12 golden stars stand for the nine "aristocratic" tribes and the three "democratic" tribes, while the three arrows represents peace. The background is green and represents both Islam and life (or freedom). [The flag was originally reported as aquamarine green, but it seems that it is wrong. Ed.]
giuseppe bottasini
Coat of Arms
In the coat of arms of the Russian republic of Adygei (adopted 24 March 1992)
is shown 'Sausryko' with a tourch in his right hand and riding a firehorse. His
story is told in the national epic Nart of Adygei.
jos poels 29-NOV-1995