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| Proportion | 1:2 |
|---|---|
| Adopted | 30 July 1993 |
| Design | Yellow background with a sky blue circle in the center containing a white lotus |
| Designed by | Bata Badmayevich Erdneyev |
 Flag of the Kalmyk ASSR | |
| Proportion | 1:2 |
| Adopted | 29 July 1958 |
| Design | Variant of theflag of the Russian SFSR with "Kalmyk ASSR" written in the Russian and Kalmyk languages below thehammer and sickle. |
Theflag ofKalmykia[a] consists of a yellow background with a sky blue circle in the center containing a whitelotus. The yellow symbolizes both thesun and theTibetan Buddhist faith of theKalmyk people. The blue symbolizes theeternal blue sky and steadiness. The lotus symbolizes both purity, spiritual rebirth and happiness. Its five upper petals symbolize the continents and the lower four petals symbolize for the quarters of the globe. Together, they symbolize the will of theKalmyks to live in friendship and to cooperate with all the nations of the world.
The current flag ofKalmykia also has some similarities with the flags ofKazakhstan andPalau since 30 July 1993.
The first post soviet flag of Kalmykia (1992–1993) was adopted by law of 30 October 1992. (Source: Government of the Republic of Kalmykia)
Article 158: The National flag of the Republic of Kalmykia — Khalmg Tangch is a rectangular panel consisting of three horizontal stripes: the upper one is sky-blue, the middle one is golden-yellow and the lower one is scarlet. In the centre of the golden-yellow stripe, in a circle having a diameter equal to 1/4 of the flag width, is a sign in the form of flame of fire over the two wavy lines. The sign and the circumference are scarlet. The ratio of the width of the stripes of light blue and scarlet to the width of the golden-yellow stripe is 1:2. The ratio of the flag width to its length is 1:2.
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 1479–1559[citation needed] | Flag of theNogai Horde | |
 | 1630–1771[citation needed] | Flag of theKalmyk Khanate | Yellow flag surrounded by swallowtailed orange border |
.svg) | 1937–1938 | Flag of theKalmyk Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic | |
| 1938–1943 | Flag of theKalmyk Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic | |
.svg) | 1938–1943 | Flag of theKalmyk Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic | |
.svg) | 1957–1958 | Kalmyk Autonomous Oblast | The Kalmyk Autonimous Oblast doesn't have a flag of its own. |
| 1958–1992 | Flag of theKalmyk Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic | |
.svg) | 1992–1993 | Flag of Kalmykia | |
 | 2022 | Oirat-Kalmyk People's Congress | On 27 October 2022, the Congress published adeclaration of independence of Kalmykia and proclaimed the creation of an independent Kalmyk state.[1] |
 | 2022 | Alternative flag used byOirat-Kalmyk People's Congress[2] |
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
.svg) | 2004–present | Flag ofElista | |
 | ?–present | Flag ofChernozemelsky District | |
 | ?–present | Flag ofOktyabrsky District | |
 | ?–present | Flag ofTselinny District |
