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Kabardino-Balkaria

 

Contents

Flag

Unofficial Flags

Historical Flags

Meaning/Origin of the Flag

Coat of Arms

Map

Numbers and Facts

History



Flag

Flagge Fahne flag Kabardino-Balkarien Kabardino-Balkaria
National flag,
ratio = 2:3,
Source, by: Flags of the World



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Unofficial Flags

Flagge Fahne flag Kabardien Kabardia Kabardiner Kabardians
Kabardia,
National flag of the Kabardians,
ratio = 2:3,
Source, by: Flags of the World




Flagge Fahne flag Balkarien Balkaria Balkaren Balkars
Balkaria,
National flag of the Balkars,
ratio = 2:3,
Source, by: Flags of the World




Flagge Fahne flag Balkarien Balkaria Balkaren Balkars
National flag of the Balkars,
Variant,
ratio = 2:3,
Source, by: Flags of the World



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Historical Flags

Flagge Fahne flag Kabardino-Balkarien Kabardino-Balkaria
1937–1938,
Flag of the autonomous soviet republic,
ratio = 1:2,
Source, by: World Statesmen




Flagge Fahne flag Kabardino-Balkarien Kabardino-Balkaria
1938–1944,
Flag of the autonomous soviet republic,
ratio = 1:2,
Source, by: World Statesmen




Flagge Fahne flag Kabardino-Balkarien Kabardino-Balkaria
1945–1954,
Flag of the autonomous soviet republic,
ratio = 1:2,
Source, by: World Statesmen




Flagge Fahne flag Kabardino-Balkarien Kabardino-Balkaria
1954–1957,
Flag of the autonomous soviet republic,
ratio = 1:2,
Source, by: World Statesmen




Flagge Fahne flag Kabardino-Balkarien Kabardino-Balkaria
1957–1978,
Flag of the autonomous soviet republic,
ratio = 1:2,
Source, by: World Statesmen




Flagge Fahne flag Kabardino-Balkarien Kabardino-Balkaria
1978–1992,
Flag of the autonomous soviet republic,
ratio = 1:2,
Source, by: World Statesmen




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Flag history of the soviet republics of the USSR

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Meaning/Origin of the Flag

The flag of Kabardino-Balkaria combines the colours blue, white and green, which are components in the unofficial flags of Kabardia and Balkaria. In the middle the symbol of the state, which shows the silhouette of the 5.642 meters high Elbrus Mountain. Blue represents the sky, white stands for the snow-capped mountains of the Caucasus and green stands for the fields of the country. The unofficial flag of Kabardia corresponds in the designing to the flag of Abkhasia. The combination of the green and white stripes should in this way possibly express the tolerance of the Kaukasian peoples. About the meaning of the four stars is still nothing known. The unofficial flag of Balkaria shows horizontally striped the colours blue, white and blue with a five-pointed red star on a golden disc in the middle. An other variant shows on blue ground and between two horizontal white stripes the silhouette of the Elbrus Mountain in white. 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, Volker Preuß

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Coat of Arms


Coat of arms of Kabardino-Balkaria,
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:

Quelle/Source: Russiatrek

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Numbers and Facts

Area: 4.815 square miles

Inhabitants: 860.000 (2010), thereof 57% Kabardians, 23% Russians, 13% Balkars

Density of Population: 179 inh./sq.mi.

Capital: Naltschik, 240.000 inh. (2010)

official Languages: Russian, Kabardinian, Balkarian

Currency: Russian currency

Time Zone (from 28th of March 2010): MEZ + 3 h

Time Zone (to 28th of March 2010): MEZ + 4 h

Source: Wikipedia (D)

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History

1825–1858 · conquest by Russia

1921 · establishment of the Soviet Dictatorship, establishment of the Autonomous Region of the Kabardinians and the National District of the Balkarians

1936 · establishment of the Autonomous District (Oblast) of the Kabardinians and Balkarians by unification of the Autonomous Region of the Kabardinians and the National District of the Balkarians

1943–1944 · deportation of the Balkarians to Sibiria

1957 · return of the survivors

1991 · proclamation of the Autonomous Republic of Kabardino-Balkaria

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 · proclamation of the Republic of Kabardino-Balkaria

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

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