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Udmurtia (Russia)

Udmurtiâ

Удмуртия

image by António Martins, 21 Jan 2000

Presentation of Udmurtia
Description of the flag

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Presentation of Udmurtia

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Name (English): Udmurtia • (Russian, short form): Удмуртия | Udmurtiâ • (Russian, long form): Удмуртская Республика | Udmurtskaâ Respublika • (local, long form): Удмурт Элькун | Udmurt Êlhkun
Local official language: Udmurtian (a.k.a. Votiac)
Capital (Russian): Ижевск | Iẑevsk • (English): Izhevsk • (former name): Ustinov | Устинов (198X-199X)
Area: 42 100 km² (~16 300 sq.mi.) • Population: 1 627 200 inhabitants in 2000
Status: Republic (Республика | Respublika) within the Russian Federation
Federal District: Volga • Economic region: Ural
License plate code: 18 • Ham radio code: UD • ISO 3166-2 code: UD
Flag adopted on 1993.12.03 • Coat of arms adopted on 26.04.1994

A Finno-Ugric people, the Udmurts used to be known as the Votyaks. They came under Russian rule in the 16th century. An Autonomous Province was organized in 1921. This became an ASSR in 1934 and in 1991 became part of the newly created Russian Federation.
Stuart Notholt, 25 November 1995

Description of the flag

The eight-rayed sun is inscribed on an imaginary square wide ⁵/₆ths of the width of the central, white, stripe of the vertically three-stripped 1:2 flag. The construction of the this device itself is self explanatory, it consisting of five square blocks placed 1+3+1 notched in 90°.
António Martins, 21 January 2000

According to Jiri Tenora [jtn02], the sun symbol on the flag of Udmurtia is supposed to ward off fate.
Ivan Sache, 18 April 2002

This flag is listed under number 90 at the chart Flags of Aspirant Peoples [eba94] as: «Udmurtia (Udmurts) [Votyaks] - Central Russia».
Ivan Sache, 15 September 1999

1992 Projected flags

image by António Martins-Tuválkin, 25 October 2010, based on contribution by Sergei Filatov, 16 May 2005

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