The flag of Khakassia is used by the

Republic of Khakassia A republic, based on the Latin phrase ''res publica'' ('public affair' or 'people's affair'), is a state in which political power rests with the public (people), typically through their representatives—in contrast to a monarchy. Although a ...

, a

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. It consists of a blue-white-red horizontal

tricolour A triband is a vexillological style which consists of three stripes arranged to form a flag. These stripes may be two or three colours, and may be charged with an emblem in the middle stripe. Not all tribands are tricolour flags, which requires t ...

with a green vertical band on the hoist containing a traditional yellow sun device. The ratio of the flag is 1:2 and it was adopted 25 September 2003.

History

During

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rule, Khakassia existed as the

Khakas Autonomous Oblast The Khakas Autonomous Oblast (, ), abbreviated as Khakas AO (, ) or KhAO (, ), was part of the 1934 created Krasnoyarsk Krai within the Russian SFSR, Soviet Union. Until 1991, Khakas Autonomous Oblast was administratively subordinated to Krasno ...

and did not have its own flag. In February 1992, after the

fall of the Soviet Union The Soviet Union was formally dissolved as a sovereign state and subject of international law on 26 December 1991 by Declaration No. 142-N of the Soviet of Nationalities, Soviet of the Republics of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union. :s: ...

, Khakassia became one of the

republics of Russia The republics are one type of federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of the Russian Federation. Twenty-one republics are internationally recognized as part of Russia; another is under its de facto control. The original republics were cre ...

, and on 6 June 1992, Khakassia adopted its first flag. The earliest version of the flag of Khakassia was similar to the current one, but the sun on the hoist was black and the colours of the tricolour were white-blue-red, similar to the

flag of Russia The national flag of the Russia, Russian Federation (, ) is a tricolour of three equal horizontal bands: white on the top, blue in the middle, and red on the bottom. The design was first introduced by Tsar Peter the Great in 1693, and in 1705 ...

. On 23 December 1993, the colour of the sun was changed from black to yellow. The usage of the Russian flag on regional flags is forbidden in Russia, but Khakassia was granted exception to the rule as its flag was designed before the law was passed. Despite being exempt from the rule, on 25 September 2003 the order of the stripes on the flag of Khakassia was changed from white-blue-red to blue-white-red, so that the order of the stripes no longer mimicked the Russian flag.

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Flag of Khakassia The flag of Khakassia is used by the Khakassia, Republic of Khakassia, a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia. It consists of a blue-white-red horizontal Triband (flag), tricolour with a green vertical band on the hoist containin ...

Flags of the federal subjects of Russia

Khakassia Khakassia (), officially the Republic of Khakassia, is a republic of Russia located in southern Siberia. It is situated between Krasnoyarsk Krai to the north and the Altai Republic to the south. The capital city of Khakassia is Abakan, and the ...

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