List of Azerbaijani flags
This is a list of flags used in Azerbaijan.
National flag
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1991 | Flag of the Republic of Azerbaijan | Tricolor with three horizontal stripes, the upper stripe of blue color, the middle stripe red and the lower one green with a white crescent and eight-pointed star in the middle of the red stripe on both sides of the flag. The proportion of the width to the length is 1 to 2.[1] |
Governmental flags
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1992–present | Presidential standard | National tricolor with the coat of arms in the center | |
2004–present | Presidential standard (at sea) | Naval ensign with national tricolor and the coat of arms in the center |
Military flags
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1991 | Flag of the Azerbaijani Land Forces | ||
1991 | Ensign of the Azerbaijani Navy | As Azerbaijan was formerly a Soviet republic, the naval ensign of Azerbaijan closely resembles the old Soviet equivalent; a star and crescent replaces the red star, a blue anchor replaces the hammer and sickle, and what used to be a simple light blue stripe at the bottom of the flag has been replaced by a wavy sort of pattern. | |
1991 | Flag of the State Border Service of Azerbaijan | A green flag with the flag of the Navy in the upper left corner | |
1991 | Flag of the Azerbaijani Air and Air Defence Force |
Historical flags
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1858–1883 | Flag of the Russian Empire | A rectangular flag with three equal horizontal stripes: the upper stripe black, middle stripe yellow, and lower stripe white. | |
1883–1917 | Flag of the Russian Empire | A rectangular flag with three equal horizontal stripes: the upper stripe white, middle stripe blue, and lower stripe red. The ratio of the width of the flag to its length is 2 to 3. | |
1813–1917 | Ensign of the Imperial Russian Navy |
A blue saltire on a white field | |
1918 | Flag of the Centrocaspian Dictatorship |
Three horizontal stripes, the upper and lower stripes of light blue color and the middle stripe red. | |
1918 | Flag of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic |
Source for the design of the current flag | |
1918 | Flag of the Baku Commune |
Bears the text Бакинскiй Совнаркомь (Bakinskiy Sovnarkom) | |
1918–1920 | Flag of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic |
Same as current flag | |
1920–1921 | Flag of the Azerbaijan Socialist Soviet Republic | ||
1930s - 1936 | Flag of the Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic | Later flag of the Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic | |
1937–1940 | Flag of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic | ||
1940–1952 | Flag of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic | ||
1952–1991 | Flag of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic | Last flag of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic | |
Reverse flag | All flags of the constituent republics of the Soviet Union did not bear the hammer and sickle on their reverse side (back side). | ||
1937–1940 | Flag of the Nakhichevan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic | One version of the flag of the Nakhichevan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. Later versions show the text "Нахчыван МССР" (Naxçıvan MSSR, meaning Nakhichevan ASSR), placed on the flag of the Azerbaijan SSR of the time, without the Armenian name. | |
1952–1991 | Flag of the Nakhichevan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic | Last flag of the Nakhichevan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic | |
1922–1923 | Flag of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics | ||
1923–1924 | Flag of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics | ||
1924–1936 | Flag of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics | ||
1936–1955 | Flag of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics | A red flag, with the image at its upper left corner of a gold hammer and sickle, and above them a red five-pointed star, framed in gold. The ratio of width to length is 1:2.[2] | |
1955–1980 | Flag of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics | Slight change of the hammer and sickle design from the previous Soviet national flag | |
1980–1991 | Flag of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics | Slightly brighter red from the previous Soviet national flag | |
1946–1991 | Flag of the Soviet Army | ||
1924–1935 | Ensign of the Naval Fleet of the USSR |
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1935–1950 | Ensign of the Naval Fleet of the USSR |
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1950–1992 | Ensign of the Naval Fleet of the USSR |
Slight modification from previous design |
Flags of municipalities and cities
Flag | Date | Description |
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Flag of Baku |
List Of Azerbaijani Flags Media
References
- ↑ "Milli Məclis". www.meclis.gov.az.
- ↑ "Конституция СССР 1936 г." constitution.garant.ru.