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There's a curious thing about this flag: The law prescribes the shade of
blue as «light blue (azure)» («ãîëóáîãî (ëàçîðåâîãî) | golubogo
(lazorevogo)»), but at the same time says that the shades of blue and
red should be identical to those of the russian national
flag — whose law prescribes for blue simply plain
«blue» (ñèíèé | sinii~). I'm ready
to bet that actual Maritime Territorry flags use this medium blue and not
any supposed “light blue / azure”.
António Martins, 11 Apr 2000
The tiger only is also on the flag. The flag has the
proportions
2:3. It is diagonally (bottom left to top right) divided by a white
stripe. The upper field is red and the lower blue. The tiger of the arms
appears in the canton in a 1 × 1,6 imaginary rectangle. To draw all this:
Draw a 4 × 7,5 rectangle. From the upper right corner (A), count 1 unit
on the fly towards the bottom (B). From the lower left corner (C) count 1
unit on the hoist towards the top (D). Make lines A-D and B-C. ABCD is
all white. The tiger rectangle is at 0,6 units both from the upper and
the left part of the flag. Black for the tiger is also used as well as white.
This flag was adopted by resolution n.o 25 of the assembly of the
Territory of Promorie on the 22nd of February 1995.
Pascal Vagnat, 18 Jun 1997
How does the reverse of these flags look like? Does the tiger keeps facing
the hoist, or is it flipped to show passant dexter on both sides?
António Martins, 11 Apr 2000
This flag is remarkably similar to the reported unnofficial flag of
(neighbouring) Qabarovsk “Republic” of
1992-1993...
António Martins, 11 Oct 2002
According to the Ordinance about the coat of arms of the
Territory of Primorie (22nd February 1995), the coat of
arms of the territory can be put on the flag of the
territory (article 4). Above is a supposition of what this
flag might look like. There are two solutions: either the
coat of arms is in the canton at the place of the tiger,
or the coat of arms is in the centre of the flag. I have
chosen the first solution, because I don’t
think that there are two tigers on the flag.
Sources:
[pri97] and
[pri98]
Pascal Vagnat, 07 Apr 1999
In 1992 or 1993 some regions self upgraded to constituent republics, and
used ephemeral unofficial flags. One of the main republics was Primorski Republic
(Vladivostok region). Was proclaimed but must be ratified in referendum. Heraldic
banners were in use by some people but republic was never ratified.
Jaume Ollé, 15 Apr 2000
You mean heraldic banners of the current regional arms, vert a saltire azure
fimbriated or, charged at the bottom with an Ussuri tiger of the same?
António Martins, 18 Apr 2000
I’m sure that this flag is a fiction. I don’t know who is
author... It was adopted never and existed never.
Victor Lomantsov, 17 Apr 2000
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This coat of arms is described as «vert a cross in
saltire azure, charged at the bottom with an Ussuri tiger
or».
Pascal Vagnat, 07 Apr 1999
Cross in saltire azure has a fimbriation or, charged at
the bottom with an Amur tiger proper. Tomorrow I’ll visit
the author of this coat of arms (Vladimir Bazhenov) and try
to know date of it’s adoption.
Ahat Nabiullin, 14 Dec 1999
The background of these arms is similar to the
russian Border Guard ensign
— something intentional? And, if so, why?
António Martins, 11 Apr 2000
Panthera tigris altaica, if I recall correctely, is the subspecies of tiger that dwells north of the Gobi Desert, in an ever shrinking area from the Yenessey to the Pacific. Russians distinguish among this several “races” (and currently separated populations): Tigers of Altay, Amur and Ussuri.
Ussuri is an unnofficial name for the area south of the Amur river in far east Russia: Primore (Maritime) Territory and the southern bit of Khabarovsk Territory, something like “Russian Manchuria”.
António Martins, 05 Apr 1999
