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- Autonomous Republic of Dagestan
- component of the Russian Federation (Russia)
- own name: Respublika Dagistan
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National flag ,
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Source nach by: Flags of the World
Variant with coat of arms,
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1921–1924,
Dagestan belongs to the Mountain Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic,
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Source by: Wikipedia (EN)
1924–1927,
Flag of the Autonomous Soviet Republic,
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World Statesmen
1927–1937,
Flag of the Autonomous Soviet Republic,
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World Statesmen
1937–1954,
Flag of the Autonomous Soviet Republic,
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World Statesmen
1954–1991,
Flag of the Autonomous Soviet Republic,
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World Statesmen
1993–1994,
National flag, unofficial
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1994–2003,
National flag,
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Source by: Wikipedia (EN)
1994–2003,
Variant with coat of arms,
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Source by: Flags of the World
August–September 1999,
Flag of the Islamic Republic of Dagestan,
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Source by: World Statesmen
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Flag history of the soviet republics of the USSR
he today's flag of Dagestan was introduced on 26th of February in 1994. It replaced the Soviet flag. The flag shows three horizontal stripes in green, blue and red. The colors could have their roots in the white-blue-red flag of Russia, which has probably been the model. The white stripe was replaced with a green stripe, a reference to the predominant religion, the Islam. The blue stands for the Caspian Sea, and the red for courage and loyalty.
Source: Die Welt der Flaggen, Flaggen Enzyklopädie, Volker Preuß
Already in June 1993 came an unofficial flag in use, which showed four stripes in the colors, yellow, blue, yellow and blue, in the size ratio of 3:2:1:2.
Source: World Statesmen
The flag was adopted on 26th of February in 1994, in the format-ratio of 1:2, on 19th of November in 2003 the format was changed to 2:3. The old format-ratio of 1:2 goes back to the flags of the Soviet Union. The Bolshevist flags were almost designed in 1:2 format, as a visible break with the monarchist and bourgeois format-ratio of 2:3. The flags, which were used in the Soviet era corresponded all to the same pattern as it was intended for the Soviet Autonomous Republics: Between 1923 and 1937 frequently only a single-coloured red bunting with a golden inscription, showing the name of the country. Sometimes only as a shortcut, sometimes the full name, sometimes only in Russian or even multilingual. From about 1937 hammer, sickle and star were sometimes added. From about the mid-50s multicolored flags were introduced for the republics of the Soviet Union, whose knitting patterns had to be taken over by the subordinated autonomous Soviet republics.
Source: Volker Preuß, Die Welt der Flaggen, Wikipedia (EN)
In the Internet you will always find pictures of the flag of Dagestan with the coat of arms of the country in the middle. It is not known if that flag really exists, e.g. as the state flag, because this kind of flags carries oftenly the coat of arms in the middle. The coat of arms shows a golden eagle on a red, gold-rimmed disk. In a green banner appears the name of the country in cyrillic letters.
Source: Volker Preuß
Coat of arms of Dagestan,
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Russiatrek
Geographical position within Russia:
Source: Freeware, russiamap.org, modyfied by: Volker Preuß
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Map of the country:
Source: Russiatrek
Area: 19.409 square miles
Inhabitants: 2.910.249 (2010), thereof 29% Avars, 17% Dargins, 13% Lezgins, 5% Laks, 4% Russians
Density of Population: 150 inh./sq.mi.
Capital: Makhachkala (to 1921 Petrowsk-Port), 572.076 inh. (2010)
official Language: Russian
other Languages: various Dagestanian languages
Currency: Russian currency
Time Zone (to 28th of March 2010): GMT + 4 h
Time Zone (from 28th of March 2010): GMT + 3 h
Source: Wikipedia (D)
antiquity · the region is disputed between Persia and the Roman Empire
4th–7th century · today's Dagestan belongs to the Persian Sassanid Empire
654 · short Arab conquest, islamization begins
7th–10th century · to the kingdom of the Khazars
12th century · emergence of the Islamic empire of Shamkhal with its capital Kazi-Kumukh, in the early 14th century, first mentioned in manuscripts as Dagestan
1239 · Mongol invasion, in the afteryears massive resistance against the Mongols with many victims and later also against the tyranny of Tamerlane (Timur Lenk)
15th century · Islam spreads throughout whole Dagestan
1668–1669 · the "Persian Expedition" by the Russian Don Cossacks under Stepan Razin reaches Dagestan, First Russian-Dagestan War
17th century · the quarrels between Russia and Persia destroy Shamkhal and shatter it into many principalities
1722–1735 · Second Russian-Dagestani War, Dagestan has to cede the coastal area of the Caspian Sea to Russia
1829–1859 · Third Russian-Dagestani War
1860 · annexation of the land to the Russian Empire as Dagestan oblast (District of Dagestan)
1877 · Dagestani uprising, temporary overthrow of the Russian rule
1917 · bolshevist coup in Russia
1917–1918 · civil war in Russia
1921 · establishment of the Soviet dictatorship, founding the Dagestan Autonomous Socialist Soviet Republic (Dagestan ASSR)
30th of December 1922 · foundation of the Soviet Union (USSR), combination of the Soviet Republics of Russia (RSFSR), Belarus (White Russia), Ukraine and of the Transcaucasian Federation
13th of May 1991 · declaration of state's sovereignty
17th of September 1991 · renaming in Dagestan Socialist Soviet Republic (Dagestan SSR)
17th of December 1991 · rename in Republic of Dagestan
31st of December in 1991 · the Soviet Union dissolves, the constitution of the Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic (RSFSR, Russia), a former substate of the Soviet Union, remains in force for the time being
25th of December in 1993 · a new constitution for Russia (Russian Federation) comes into force, and the relationships with the members of the federation is re-regulated in this way
1994 · adoption of a republican constitution
August to September 1999 · invasion of islamic rebels under Shamil Basayev
Source:
Atlas zur Geschichte,
World Statesmen,
Russiatrek,
Die Völker der Erde
The name "Dagestan" comes from the Turkish word "dag", meaning "mountain". Dagestan is the "Highlands".
Source: Handbuch der geographischen Namen
