Flag of Mordovia

Mordovia

Proportion	2:3
Adopted	20 May 2008
Design	A horizontal tricolor of red, white and blue with an eight-pointed red cross.
Designed by	Andrey Alyoshkin
Flag of Mordovia (1990-1995)
Proportion	1:2
Adopted	1990
Design	A variant of the Russian SFSR flag with "Mordovian SSR" written in the Russian, Erzyan, and Mokshan languages respectively.

The flag of the Republic of Mordovia in Russia is a horizontal tricolour of red, white and blue. It is charged with a brown-red sun emblem in the center of the white strip. The emblem is divided into four parts, symbolizing the four Mordvin tribes. Its proportions are 1:2:1.

The flag was adopted on 20 May 2008. The proportions are 2:3.

Historical flags

Flag	Years of use	Ratio	Government	Notes
	1883-1913	2:3	Krasnoslobodsky Uyezd
	1914-1917	2:3	Mordovian Governorate
	1918-1934	1:2	Mordovian Autonomous Oblast
	1934–1937	1:2	Mordovian ASSR
	1937–1954	1:2	Mordovian ASSR
	1954–1990	1:2	Mordovian ASSR
	1990–1995	1:2	Mordovian SSR (1990–1991)
			Mordovia (1991–1995)
	1995–2008	1:2	Mordovia
	2008–Present	2:3	Mordovia

Other

Flag	Years of use	Ratio	Description	Notes
	Unknown	2:3	Alternative Mordovian flag with an elongated solar symbol.
		1:2	Ethnic flag of the Erzya people.
		1:2	Ethnic flag of the Moksha people.

See also

• Flag of the Mordovian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
• Auseklis
• Flag of Udmurtia

External links

• Mordovia at Flags of the World