Siberia (Russian Federation)

Last modified: 1997-09-03 by zeljko heimer
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by zeljko heimer

• Presentation of Siberia
• United States of Northern Asia

See also:

• Russian Federation
• Bashkortostan
• Khantu-Mansi
• Koryakia
• Krasnoyarsk
• Sakha
• Taimyr

Presentation of Siberia

Location: Northern and Eastern Russia
Status: Various, see text.

Notes: Various official republics within the Siberian region, as well as a number of unofficial groupings, have adopted flags in the traditional Siberian colours of white over green. This colour combination forms the basis of a distinctive 'family' of flags, just as red, white and blue stripes are associated with the Slavs and red, green, yellow and/or black form the pan-African colours.

In its 'pure' form, the white over green flag is used by separatists. The colours stand for the the snows and the taiga (forests) of Siberia and are believed to date back to 1865. The flag was flown briefly (1917-18) by the autonomous government of Siberia.

An unofficial grouping, the 'United States of Northern Asia' uses the same flag, but with the addition of five blue stars.

The northern Siberian Taimyr region uses a flag of white-green-white with red at the hoist.

White-over-green also forms a element of the flags of Khantu-Mansi, Bashkortostan, Koryakia and Sakha.

stuart notholt 13-OCT-1995

United States of Northern Asia

by zeljko heimer