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image by António Martins, 06 Oct 1999
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The flag of Kursk Region is based on the
imperial flag, consisting
of five unequal horizontal stripes of red (1), white
(2), yellow (2), black (2) and red (1).
António Martins, 18 Feb 1999, and
Michael Simakov, 24 Mar 1999
I saw this flag recently on TV (a very close and long
image, shot at the governor’s office): The coat of arms
does indeed cover the three central stripes, surrounded
by a wide white fimbriation, unlike the
erroneous image at the official
website (!).
António Martins, 06 Oct 1999
The flag and the coat of arms
were adopted on 17th December 1996 by the Duma of
the Kursk Region (Kurskaya oblast) [Law N19-3KO].
Pascal Vagnat, 21 Dec 1998
Info at the
site
states a ratio of 2:3; colors are prescribed to be
krasnyĭ (red), serebrânnyĭ (silvery),
zolotoĭ (golden) and ĉërnyĭ (black).
António Martins, 28 Mar 1999
This flag seems to have changed and now the stripes are 2:1:1:1:2 (before
1:2:2:2:1) with the arms in the center of the 3 central stripe (as before but is
not exactly same) as you can see in Google images. I see some photos and really
the wide of stripes has changed, but I don't know when was.
Jaume Ollé, 21 August 2014
In 1996 the Flag Law had the addendum - the image of the flag with 1:2:2:2:1
stripes. But the textual description was another - 2:1:1:1:2. In fact they used
2:1:1:1:2 flag (I saw many photos).
Victor Lomantsov, 22 August 2014
At the
official
regional website’s page,
the image shown contradicts the text and what
I saw on TV (behind the governor’s desk): it
shows a ratio of 5:9, while the text prescribes
2:3… The real flag presents also a wide white
fimbriation that is missing from the image and
the coat of arms is much
larger, reaching the white and black stripes.
António Martins, 06 Oct 1999
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The coat of arms is: argent a bend azur charged with three
partridges argent. The shield is surmounted by an emperor’s
crown or (two red stripes under the crown) and
surrounded with oak-wreath or with a ribbon azur. This coat of arms is
similar to the former coat of arms of the Kursk governorate (adopted 5th
July 1878), but the new coat of arms has two short red ribbons under the
crown. In 1878 they were blue. This coat of arms is also canting since
partridge is "kuropatka" in Russian.
Before 1996 there wasn’t any flag or coat of arms
for this region, created in 1934.
Pascal Vagnat, 21 Dec 1998
The law about the flag of Kursk city clearly states that the
colors are not according to the coat of arms: not white
(silver) with a light blue diagonal stripe, but azure with a dark blue
diagonal stripe.
Pascal Gross, 31 Mar 2003