Kaluga Region (Russia)

Kaluz^skaa^ oblasth

Last modified: 2002-12-20 by antonio martins
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• Presentation of Kaluga Region
• About the flag
• No flag until 2000

• Subdivisions of Kaluga Region
• Russia
• Russian subdivisions (list and clickable map)

• Text about the adoption of a flag for Kaluga oblast
  reported by Pascal Gross, 07 Oct 2002
• Official regional website, containing the coat of arms
  reported by Pascal Vagnat, 21 Dec 1998
• Coat of arms of Kaluga city, also avaliable in an animation version
  reported by Pascal Vagnat, 21 Dec 1998

Presentation of Kaluga Region

(Note: You need an Unicode-aware software and font to correctely view the cyrillic text on this page. See here transliteration details).

• Name (english): Kaluga Region • (russian): Калужская область | Kaluẑskaâ oblasth
  
• Capital: Калуга | Kaluga
• Area: 29 900 km² (≅11 500 sq.mi.) • Population: 1 071 400 inhabitants in 2000
• Status: Region (область | oblasth) within the Russian Federation
• Federal District: Central Region • Economic region: Center (central European Russia)
• License plate code: 40 • Ham radio code: KG • ISO 3166-2 code: KLU
• Flag adopted on 2001.12 • Coat of arms adopted on 2001.12

About the flag

At http://www.kaluga.ru/news/?dr=10122001 there is a text about the adoption of a flag for Kaluga oblast.
Pascal Gross, 07 Oct 2002

On a red field with a white stripe in the center (?) the arms (with prevailing green color). Note that the flag has been approved by the regional heraldic commission and will be further discussed by the All-Russian Heraldic Commission in St. Petersburg.
Jan Zrzavy, 07 Oct 2002