The flag of Murmansk Oblast in

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consists of two horizontal bands of blue and red, the blue being four times wider than the red. Within the blue is a stylized yellow

aurora An aurora ( aurorae or auroras), also commonly known as the northern lights (aurora borealis) or southern lights (aurora australis), is a natural light display in Earth's sky, predominantly observed in high-latitude regions (around the Arc ...

, which takes up two fifths of the width of the flag. The aurora represents the fact that the Murmansk Oblast is north of the

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. The blue represents beauty and greatness, and the red represents courage and strength. The flag is the winner of a design contest which was officially adopted on 1 July 2004.

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Murmansk Murmansk () is a port city and the administrative center of Murmansk Oblast in the far Far North (Russia), northwest part of Russia. It is the world's largest city north of the Arctic Circle and sits on both slopes and banks of a modest fjord, Ko ...

Murmansk Oblast