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An ASSR for the Sakha people was created in 1922. In 1991, this
republic unilaterally upgraded its status to a full Union Republic.
Stuart Notholt, 13 Oct 1995
Novosibirskie ostrova (New Siberian
islands) are part of Yakutia. According
to my newer Russian atlases, these islands
are (very sparsely) inhabited exclusively
by russians. Any local flags would be town
flags (that may exist, but I doubt that it
is a priority for local leaders).
António Martins, 07 Aug 1999
The flag of the Republic of Sakha is light
blue, with a white disc and, at the bottom of the
flag, three narrow stripes of white, red and green.
Stuart Notholt, 13 Oct 1995
At http://www.yakutia.ru/~pages/koi7/win/koi7/koi7/minvs/Russian-Guide/Text/1GeneralSurvey/11-2.htm, there’s an unusually clear and concise construction prescription (in russian but spelt in latin letters); I’ll summarize it:
The flag has a ratio 1:2, and is made up of four rectangles, placed horizontally: from top to bottom: light blue, white, red and green. The light blue stripe has a height of 3/4ths of the flag height, white 1/16th, red 1/16th, and green 1/8th. In the middle of the light blue rectangle, a white disc whose diameter is 2/5 of the flag height.(The placing of the disc is further and redoundantly defined as being the disc’s center in the same point as the intersection of the diagonals of the light blue rectangle.)
It was adopted by Law #1158/XII (14.10.1992).
Victor Lomantsov, 30 Apr 2000
The flag of the Republic of Sakha has certain semantic
meaning:
sun - sky - snow - flowers - ground
Oliver Apper, 02 Apr 1998
The flag of Sakha Republic (Yakutia) was created in 1992. Its symbolics
is explained by Uliana Vinokurova, Yakut ideologist and politician, in her
book Skaz o narode sakha (The story of the Sakha people), released
in 1994. The flag of Yakutia-Sakha reflects the national traditions of the
Sakhas: a white sun (urun"kun), symbol of eternal life, on a blue field,
caracterizing the polar climate, cold and hard, of the Sakha country.In
the bottom of the flag, three coloured stripes, white for purity, snow,
hope, wisdom and kindness ; red for strength, courage, honour and
aspiration to sovereignty ; green for health, joy, and hope put into the
active forces of the nation.
Ivan Sache, 23 Apr 2000,
translating from
http://cons-dev.univ-lyon1.fr/Yakoutie/drapeau.html
Law of flag of Sakha say light blue, but in
fact in the manufactured flags is used the blue
of the russian flag (a bit dark).
Jaume Ollé, 11 Sep 1999
Note that the illustrations of the referred page,
http://cons-dev.univ-lyon1.fr/Yakoutie/drapeau.html,
show a flag with the three lower stripes of equel height and the white
disc shifted to the top of the flag.
Ivan Sache, 23 Apr 2000
This flag was adopted in 23-9-92. In 14 october 1992 (Law 1158/XII) the
flag was slighty modified. The green stripe was a bit more wide (1/8) the red
and white 1/16 and the blue c. 3/4. White disk 2/5 (Source Vexilologie
[vex] 87).
Jaume Ollé, 19 Apr 2000
What were the specifications in that first law? And (probably more
difficult to find out) were any flags produced according to the old specs
during those three weeks?
António Martins, 01 May 2000
This flag (in light blue and with incorrect stripes)
is listed under number 128 at the chart Flags
of Aspirant Peoples [eba94] as:
«Sakha Omuk [Sakha Respubli Kalar] (Sakhas [Yakuts]) - North
Siberia».
Ivan Sache, 15 Sep 1999
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