Smolensk Region (Russia)

Smolenskaa^ oblasth

Last modified: 2002-12-20 by antonio martins
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• Presentation of Smolensk Region
• Description of the flag
• Law about the flag

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• Symbols of Smolensk Region, at the official website
  Reported by Pascal Gross, 23 Feb 1999
• Law about the Symbols of Smolensk Region (article 5 concerning the flag — see bellow), at the official website.
  Reported by Pascal Gross, 24 Feb 1999
• Coat of arms of Smolensk
  Reported by Pascal Gross, 19 Dec 1998
• Coat of arms of Smolensk
  Reported by Dov Gutterman, 18 Dec 1998
• Coat of arms of Smolensk
  Reported by Dov Gutterman, 18 Dec 1998

Presentation of Smolensk Region

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• Name (english): Smolensk Region • (russian): Смоленская область | Smolenskaâ oblasth
  
• Capital: Смоленск | Smolensk
• Area: 49 800 km² (≅19 200 sq.mi.) • Population: 1 118 500 inhabitants in 2000
• Status: Region (область | oblasth) within the Russian Federation
• Federal District: Central Region • Economic region: Center (central European Russia)
• License plate code: 67 • Ham radio code: SM • ISO 3166-2 code: SMO
• Flag adopted on 1998.12.10 • Coat of arms adopted on 1998.12.10

The coat of arms is in the canton in the center of the upper red part.
Jaume Ollé, 21 Feb 1999

Article 5

1. Description of the flag of Smolensk Region: Two yellow stripes are placed on bottom of rectangular red breadth with ratio 2:3. Each stripe has 5% of flag’s width. The stripes divide the flag on three parts with ratio 6:2:1. Atop of flag near staff a shortcut version of coat of arms of Smolensk Region is placed. The shield with cap occupy 45% of flag’s width and 20% of flag’s length and coat of arms’s vertical axis divides the flag with ratio 1:4. The flag’s breadth may have gold fringes.

2. The picture of Flag of Smolensk Region is a inalienable part of this regional law (supplement 2).

translated by Michael Simakov, 24 Feb 1999

Argent an artilley gun pointing dexter sable lined or on a terrace vert, on the gun a bird proper.
Santiago Dotor, 17 Dec 1998