Flag of Chechnya

Flag of the Russian republic of Ichkeria

Not to be confused with the flag of Tatarstan.

Chechen Republic

Proportion| 2:3
Adopted| June 22, 2004; 21 years ago (2004-06-22)
Design| A horizontal tricolor of green (representing Islam), white (representing peace or the Caucasus Mountains) and red (representing bloodshed). The national ornament is at the white band at the hoist.
Use| Standard of the president of the Chechen Republic
Adopted| 2020

The flag of Chechnya (Chechen: Нохчийчоьнан байракх, romanized: Noxçiyçönan bayraq) is a rectangle with sides in the ratio 2:3 representing the Chechen Republic, a republic of Russia. The flag is composed of three horizontal bars of, from top to bottom: green, representing Islam; white; and red; superimposed on them is a narrow vertical white band at the hoist, containing the national ornament, a design of four golden scroll shapes.

This flag, introduced in 1982, is primarily used by the government of Chechnya while the pro-independence flags are commonly used by opposition forces.

## Historic flags

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From 1957 to 1978, the Soviet flag of the Chechen-Ingush ASSR was based on the flag of the Russian SFSR with the addition of a blue vertical bar on the hoist side and the abbreviated name of the Republic (НГӀАССР in Chechen and Ingush, and ЧИАССР in Russian).

In 1978, these abbreviated names were replaced with the full versions: ЧЕЧЕНО-ИНГУШСКАЯ АССР in Russian, НОХЧ-ГӀАЛГӀАЙН АССР in Chechen, and НОХЧ-ГӀАЛГӀАЙ АССР in Ingush.

Flag  | Date  | Use  | Description

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|  | Flag of Dzurdzuk and Princedom of Simsim | Plain dark red flag
|  | The flag of Chechnya from the end of 1785 until March 8, 1840  |
| 19th century  | Flag of the Caucasian Imamate |
| 1919–1920  | Flag of the North Caucasian Emirate | A plain green flag with a crecent tilted to face upwards, and 3 stars on the top.
|  | Flag of the Mountain Republic |
|  | Flag of Ali Mitaev |
| 1937–1944  | Flag of the Chechen-Ingush ASSR |
| 1957–1978  | Flag of the Chechen-Ingush ASSR |
| 1978–1991  | Flag of the Chechen-Ingush ASSR |

### 1991–2000

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Several flags have been used by the supporters of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria. The most common of these is the green flag with the red and white stripes. Its proportions are approximately 7:11. The color scheme is green, white, red, white, green, with the upper two-thirds of the flag in green and the remaining one third in white, red, white and green stripes of equal width, the width ratio of which is 8:1:1:1:1.[1] Another well-known example is similar to this flag but has the country's coat of arms incorporated into the design. Each color is meant to symbolize an aspect of the Chechen national character. Green is the color of life, red symbolizes the bloodshed in the struggle for freedom and white represents the road to a bright future.[1] These flags were mainly used by supporters of Dzhokhar Dudayev, Aslan Maskhadov and their successors. Apart from these several other designs have been used by different factions of the independentist movement, and even single sides used different flags at the same time.

Flag  | Date  | Use  | Description

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| 1991–2000  | National flag of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria |
| 1991–2000  | Variant flag of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria | National Flag of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria with coat of arms.
| 1991-2000  | Variant flag of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria | National Flag of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria with the bottom green stripe removed.
| 1990–1996  | Flag of the All-National Congress of the Chechen People | National flag of the All-National Congress of the Chechen People
| 2005–2007  | Flag used by the Caucasus Emirate |

#### Loyalist opposition

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The pro-Moscow opposition to Dudayev used a flag of similar design with the main difference being the inversion of the red and white stripes. [2] It has not been used since it was replaced by the current flag of the Chechen Republic.

Flag  | Date  | Use  | Description

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| 1991–2004  | Pro-Russian Chechen flag.  |
| 1993- 1995  | Flag of the Provisional Council of the Chechen Republic, Umar Avturkhanov's faction.  |

## Other flags

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### Administrative divisions

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Flag  | Date  | Use  |

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| 2000?–Present  | Flag of Grozny | Green background with the red and white stripes, and a drawing of the Akhmad Kadyrov Mosque on the green side.
| 2010–present  | Flag of Argun |
| ?–2010  |
| ?–present  | Flag of Achkhoy-Martanovsky District |
| ?–present  | Flag of Groznensky District |
| 2021–present  | Flag of Gudermessky District |
| 2020–2021  |
| ?–present  | Flag of Itum-Kalinsky District |
| ?–present  | Flag of Kurchaloyevsky District |
| ?–present  | Flag of Nadterechny District |
| ?–present  | Flag of Naursky District |
| ?–present  | Flag of Nozhay-Yurtovsky District |
| ?–present  | Flag of Sernovodsky District |
| ?–present  | Flag of Shalinsky District |
| ?–present  | Flag of Sharoysky District |
| ?–present  | Flag of Shatoysky District |
| ?–present  | Flag of Shelkovskoy District |
| ?–present  | Flag of Urus-Martanovsky District |
| ?–present  | Flag of Vedensky District |

## Gallery

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Flag  | Dste  | Use  | Description

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| 2020–Present  | Adat People's Movement |  |
| 2007–2016  | Caucasus Emirate | A plain black flag with the Shahada on the middle written in white, and a sword on the bottom, modeled after the flag of Saudi Arabia.
External link | ?–Present  | Flag used by the Kadyrovites | Identical to the current flag of Chechnya, but with the picture of Akhmat Kadyrov on the center.[3]

## See also

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* Coat of arms of the Chechen Republic

## References

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1. ^ a b "Independentist flag of Chechnya (Russia, 1990s)". www.crwflags.com.
2. ^ "Pro-Russian flag of Chechnya (Russia, 1990s)". www.crwflags.com.
3. ^ "chechnya". vexillographia.ru. Retrieved 4 June 2025.

## External links

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* Media related to Flags of Chechnya at Wikimedia Commons
* Flags of the World: Chechenia

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National symbols of Chechnya

| Official|

* Flag
* Coat of arms
* Symbols of the Head of the Chechen Republic

Unofficial|

* Wolf

Anthems|

* My Checheno-Ingushetia (1966-1991)
* Death or Freedom (1991-2000)
* State Anthem of the Chechen Republic (2010- )

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Flags of Russian regions

Oblasts|

* Amur
* Arkhangelsk
* Astrakhan
* Belgorod
* Bryansk
* Chelyabinsk
* Irkutsk
* Ivanovo
* Kaliningrad
* Kaluga
* Kemerovo
* Kherson 1
* Kirov
* Kostroma
* Kurgan
* Kursk
* Leningrad
* Lipetsk
* Magadan
* Moscow
* Murmansk
* Nizhny Novgorod
* Novgorod
* Novosibirsk
* Omsk
* Orenburg
* Oryol
* Penza
* Pskov
* Rostov
* Ryazan
* Sakhalin
* Samara
* Saratov
* Smolensk
* Sverdlovsk
* Tambov
* Tomsk
* Tula
* Tver
* Tyumen
* Ulyanovsk
* Vladimir
* Volgograd
* Vologda
* Voronezh
* Yaroslavl
* Zaporozhye 1

Republics|

* Adygea
* Altai
* Bashkortostan
* Buryatia
* Chechnya
* Chuvashia
* Crimea1
* Dagestan
* Donetsk 1
* Ingushetia
* Kabardino-Balkaria
* Kalmykia
* Karachay-Cherkessia
* Karelia
* Khakassia
* Komi
* Luhansk 1
* Mari El
* Mordovia
* North Ossetia-Alania
* Sakha
* Tatarstan
* Tuva
* Udmurtia

Krais|

* Altai
* Kamchatka
* Khabarovsk
* Krasnodar
* Krasnoyarsk
* Perm
* Primorsky
* Stavropol
* Zabaykalsky

Autonomous okrugs|

* Chukotka
* Khanty-Mansi
* Nenets
* Yamalo-Nenets

Federal cities|

* Moscow
* St. Petersburg
* Sevastopol1

Autonomous oblasts|

* Jewish

1 Recognized by most states as part of Ukraine.

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