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Proportion | 2:3 |
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Adopted | 1 June 2011 |
Design | A white field with a ornament pattern on the hoist and the Mari coat of arms offset to the right. |
Designed by | Andrey Sannikov |
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Use | Standard of the Head of the Mari El Republic |
Proportion | 1:1 |
![]() Flag of the Mari ASSR | |
Proportion | 1:2 |
Adopted | 24 October 1978 |
Design | Variant of the flag of the Russian SFSR with "Mari ASSR" written in the Russian and Mari languages below the hammer and sickle. |
Designed by | Valentin Viktorov |
The flag of Mari El, a federal subject and republic in the Russian Federation, was adopted by the Parliament of Mari El on 1 June 2011.
Description
The symbol of the flag is a bear. The crown and the sword on the flag symbolizes nationhood and power, respectively. The base of the emblem is a shield which contains a sign which was there on the previous flag.
Previous flags
Within the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, the flag adorned the Russian SFSR flag with the republic's name on the bottom.
From 1992 to 2006, Mari El used a different flag. This flag had the horizontal bars in the ration 1:2:1, and below the Mari cross the republic's name was written.
- Mari ASSR (1937–1954)
- Mari ASSR (1954–1978)
- Mari ASSR (1978–1991)
- Mari El (1992-2006)
- Mari El (2006-2011)
- Mari El (reverse, 2006–2011)
- Standard of the President of the Mari El Republic (2006–2011)
- Flag of Mari people used in UNPO (1991–2008)
Proposed flags
- Proposed flag in 1992.
- Proposed flag in 1992.
- Proposed flag in 1992.
References
- Flags of the World: Flags of Mari El
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