Rostov Region (Russia)

Rostovskaâ oblasth

Last modified: 2006-07-29 by antonio martins
Keywords: rostov-na-danu | rostov | don cossacks | don |
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Ростовская область

• Presentation of Rostov Region
• Description of the flag
• Coat of arms

• Subdivisions of Rostov Region:
  • Byelaya Kalitva county
  • Taganrog city
  • Zvyeryevo city
• Russia
• Russian subnational flags (overview of the subdivisions, list of federation “subjects” and clickable map)
• Don Cossacks

• Official site with description of the oblast’s flag and gubernator’s standart.
  Reported by Valentin Poposki, 03 Nov 2005
• Coat of arms of Rostov
  Reported by Esteban Rivera, 19 Dec 1998
• Coat of arms of Rostov
  Reported by Pascal Gross, 19 Dec 1998
• Coat of arms of Rostov
  Reported by Santiago Dotor, 18 Dec 1998

Presentation of Rostov Region

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• Name (english): Rostov Region • (russian): Ростовская область | Rostovskaâ oblasth
  
• Capital (russian): Ростов-на-Дону | Rostov-na-Donu • (english): Rostov-na-Danu
• Area: 100 800 km² (≅38 900 sq.mi.) • Population: 4 333 700 inhabitants in 2000
• Status: Region (область | oblasth) within the Russian Federation
• Federal District: Northern Caucasus • Economic region: Northern Caucasus
• License plate code: 61 • Ham radio code: RO • ISO 3166-2 code: ROS
• Flag adopted on 1996.10.10 • Coat of arms adopted on unkn. date

Notice that while the city name is Rostov-na-Danu, the Region is called simply Rostov Region.
António Martins, 18 Feb 1999

Description of the flag

The law on a flag was accepted on October 10, 1996. The flag of the Rostov area — represents a rectangular panel from three isometric horizontal strips: top — dark blue, average — yellow and bottom — scarlet colour. Such flag was developed still ataman (cossack chieftain) Krasnov in 1918. Each colour symbolized the following: dark blue — colour of Don’s cossack, yellow — Kalmyks, which were included into structure of Area of Don Forces (Voisko Donskoe), red — nonresident inhabitants. In 1996 the Krasnov flag was complemented by a white strip located vertically lengthways staff. On the size it makes 1/5 parts of width of a panel. The ratio of width of a flag to its length makes 2:3.
Oleg Mysakov, 12 Sep 1996

Law says "siniĭ" (medium blue).
António Martins, 20 May 2000

Coat of arms

Rostov-na-Donu 1811 coat of arms: per pale azure a tower argent masoned sable with windows and gate of the same, with a flag argent a saltire azure flying from the top, and gules a demi-coat of mail over a bow and a lance and arrow in saltire, all argent, and a downright sword argent surmounted by a helmet or.
Santiago Dotor, 18 Dec 1998

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