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| Proportion | 2:3 |
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| Adopted | 27 October 1996; 29 years ago (1996-10-27) |
| Design | A rainbow on a white background of Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Purple. |
| Designed by | A. D. Valyaev |
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| Use | First official flag |
| Adopted | 31 July 1996 |
TheJewish Autonomous Oblast is the only Autonomous Oblast in theFar Eastern Federal District ofRussia.
The Autonomous Oblast's flag consists of arainbow on a white background, with seven narrow horizontal colored stripes: red, orange, yellow, green, sky blue, blue and purple. The colors are slightly different from the basic spectral colors, with gold in place of yellow, vivid blue instead of light blue, and indigo as dark blue,[1] The number of colors is meant to symbolize the seven-branched JewishMenorah. The flag's aspect ratio is 2:3.
The seven colored stripes are centered vertically and regularly spaced; they have a height each equal to1⁄40 of the flag's height, and are separated by thin spacing (white borders) equal to1⁄120 of the flag's height.[2]
Therainbow flag design was adopted in 27 October 1996.[3]
The white color of the cloth represents purity. Rainbows are thebiblical symbol of peace, happiness, and goodness. The number of bands of the rainbow equal to the number ofcandles in the Menorah, one of the national religious Jewish symbols. The Menorah speaks of the creation of the world in seven days, and the number of bands of the rainbow emphasizes the connection with the ancient Jewish symbol. Also, the rainbow may symbolize theSeven Noahide laws.
In 2013, the flag was checked according to theRussian gay propaganda law for the presence of "gay propaganda", because of its resemblance to therainbow LGBT flag. The JAO flag was confirmed as safe because of its white background, white borders between the colored stripes, and the seventh (light blue) colour.[4] However, there are gay-pride flags that use the seven colors of the JAO flag.[5] In 2022, the governor of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast,Rostislav Goldstein, stated that the flag depicts a "biblical symbol" and has "nothing in common" with the LGBT flag, and said not to confuse it with the LGBT flag.[6]
| Flag | Date | Description |
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 | 1998-Present | Flag ofBirobidzhan |
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