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Yaroslavl is the oldest town on the Volga, first mentioned in writing in
1071 and said to have been founded by Yaroslavl the Wise (978-1054) in 1010.
The town emblem is a bear rampant with a halberd on his
shoulder. According to legend, when Yaroslav the Wise first came to the place
where he later founded the town, the local inhabitants let a bear out of his
cage to chase him away, and Yaroslav killed it with his halberd.
Jarig Bakker, 01 Feb 2000, quoting from
The complete guide to the Soviet Union,
by Victor Louis
The bear is an emblem of Yaroslavl since XVII c. The
Legend says that on this place prince Yaroslav The Wise
(XI c.) killed the bear, which attacked him.
Viktor Lomancov, 31 Jan 2000
According the Law, the colour of flag is «yellow» (not gold).
Victor Lomantsov, 01 Mar 2001
Flag of Yaroslavl oblast has finally been adopted by the regional
government. It happened yesterday, i.e. 27/02/2001.
Olga Demidova (Yaroslavl regional administration),
28 Feb 2001, quoted by Pascal Gross, 28 Feb 2001
Why the governor and regional government changed their
old decisions?… I don’t know.
Victor Lomantsov, 01 Mar 2001
At the official website we
can notice that the flag of Yaroslavl oblast has been slightly updated.
Pascal Gross, 29 Oct 2001
According to Petr Exner’s page (VexilINFO
41, 1999 [vxf]),
the flag of the Yaroslavl Region is horizontal tricolore
yellow-red-blue. Source — web page of the region, where
photo of the governor in front of the flag is published.
Jan Zrzavy, 06 Oct 1999
«Unfortunately it was not realized that the flag was actually that of
Russia; the white stripe disappears against the
white background, and what
appears to be a yellow stripe is actually part of the wall.»
John Ayer, 26 Aug 2000,
translating and summarizing an annonymous and undated article from
Gubernskiĭ
Êkspress, “Flag - cvet kotorogo ne znaet nikto”
[see here comment on this
article]
On July 15th, 1998 Governor A. I. Lisitsyn signed Decision No458 On
start a contest on best drawings of arms, standard and flag of the Yaroslavl
Region. The state armorial banner — golden field (1:1) with
green border (1/3 of the height), in the center is a
bear (from lesser arms). The border charged with
oak-wreath tied with white-yellow-green ribbon. The
banner is decorated with golden fringe and golden
cord with tassel.
Viktor Lomancov, 31 Jan 2000
Isn’t this too wide a border? Shouldn’t it be rather, say, 1/4th?
Or perhaps 1/3rd of the flag height is the combined width of the border,
thus being 1/6th wide?
António Martins, 24 Oct 2002
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On July 15th, 1998 Governor A. I. Lisitsyn signed Decision No458 On start a contest on best drawings of arms, standard and flag of the Yaroslavl Region. The lesser arms — yellow shield, black bear with a long silver axe with red handle. Shield crowned with ancient Prince’s crown (like on 1730 coat of arms). The greater arms — lesser arms with supporters:
Since the flag pattern prescription in this Decision No458 was
apparently all but forgotten, are the arms
still legal?
António Martins, 22 Oct 2002
The first official arms of Yaroslavl adopted in 1729 really had yellow
(gold) background. Russian heraldry in XVIII c was not very accurate. We
can see yellow, white, light-blue shields of Yaroslavl arms in those times.
The silver shield was adopted finally in 1778. The arms of Yaroslavl
Governorat (Yaroslavskaya gubernia) were silver too.
Victor Lomantsov, 02 Mar 2001
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