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Sakha

 

Contents

Flag

Historical Flags

Meaning/Origin of the Flag

Coat of Arms

Map

Numbers and Facts

History

Origin of the Country's Name



Flag

Flagge Fahne flag Jakutien Yakutia Sacha Sakha
National flag,
ratio = 1:2,
Source, by: Flags of the World



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Historical Flags

Flagge Fahne flag Jakutien Yakutia Sacha Sakha
1926–1937,
Flag of the autonomous soviet republic,
ratio = 1:2,
Source, by: World Statesmen




Flagge Fahne flag Jakutien Yakutia Sacha Sakha
1937–1940,
Flag of the autonomous soviet republic,
ratio = 1:2,
Source, by: World Statesmen





Flagge Fahne flag Jakutien Yakutia Sacha Sakha
1940–1954,
Flag of the autonomous soviet republic,
ratio = 1:2,
Source, by: World Statesmen




Flagge Fahne flag Jakutien Yakutia Sacha Sakha
1954–1978,
Flag of the autonomous soviet republic,
ratio = 1:2,
Source, by: World Statesmen




Flagge Fahne flag Jakutien Yakutia Sacha Sakha
1978–1992,
Flag of the autonomous soviet republic,
ratio = 1:2,
Source, by: World Statesmen



look also:
Flag history of the soviet republics of the USSR

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Meaning/Origin of the Flag

The flag of Yakutia shows four horizontal stripes. The first upper stripe is light blue, very wide and represents the sky with the sun of the north in the middle. This is followed by two equally wide stripes in white and red. The white stands for the snow and the red for the courage and perseverance of the Yakut people. The bottom stripe is green and as wide as the two above it together. The color green symbolizes the forests of the Taiga. 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: Flaggen Enzyklopädie

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Coat of Arms


Wappen coat of arms Jakutien Yakutia Sacha Sakha
Coat of arms of Yakutia,
Source: Russiatrek

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Map

geographical position within Russia:

Source: Freeware, russiamap.org, modyfied by: Volker Preuß
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Map of the country:

Source: Russiatrek

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Numbers and Facts

Area: 1.190.549 square miles

Inhabitants: 958 530 (2010), thereof 49% Yakuts, 37% Russians, 2% Evenks, 2% Ukrainians, 1,5% Evens, 0,8% Tatars

Density of Population: 0,80 inh./sq.mi.

Capital: Yakutsk, 270.000 inh. (2010)

official Languages: Russian, Yakutian

other Languages: Evenki

Currency: Russian Currency

Time Zone: GMT +9 to +11 h

Source: Wikipedia (DE)

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History

1600–1648 · Russian conquest and colonization

1632 · foundation of Yakutsk

1922 · establishment of the Soviet dictatorship, foundation of the Yakutian Autonomous Socialistic Soviet Republic (within Soviet Russia)

1991 · Autonomous Republic of Yakutia

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

1992 · renamed into Republic of Sakha

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

Source: Atlas zur Geschichte, World Statesmen, Russiatrek, Die Völker der Erde, Discovery '97, Wikipedia (DE)

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Origin of the Country's Name

The old name of the country, Yakutia, goes of course back to the ethnic group of the Yakuts, which is living here. This name was given to the people of Sakhalar by the Russians. In 1992 the country received a Yakut name, Sacha, to translate as "human".

Source: Wikipedia (D), Volker Preuß

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