Flag of Udmurtia

Flag of Udmurtia is one of the official state symbols of Udmurtia. Proportion of width and length of the flag is 1:2. It's a rectangular three-color cloth consisting of vertical equal stripes of black, white and red (from left to right) with an eight-pointed red cross. The black colour in the flag is a symbol of the earth and stability, red means the sun and life and white means a space and moral purity. Designer of the flag of the Udmurt Republic was Y. Lobanov. The appropriate law N26-РЗ "On the National Flag of the Udmurt Republic" appeared on April 30, 2002. Image File history File links Flag_of_Udmurtia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Udmurtia. ... The Udmurt Republic (Russian: ; Udmurt: Удмурт Элькун) or Udmurtia (Russian: Удму́ртия) is a federal subject of Russia (a republic). ... April 30 is the 120th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (121st in leap years), with 245 days remaining, as the last day in April. ... For the Cusco album, see 2002 (album). ...

The emblem

The cross represents the solar sign which is a legendary guarding symbol that protects the man from misfortunes. The cross doesn't overlap black and red stripes and is depicted in the square with a side equal to 5/6 of a flag stripe width. Width of vertical and horizontal solar sign stripes equals to 1/3 of the square side. Each stripe ends with two symmetrical teeth, internal sides of which form a 90 degrees angle with a vertex deepened to the center of the sign at 1/2 stripe width.