| Proportion | 2:3 |
|---|---|
| Adopted | 1 July 2004 |
| Design | 2 unequal strips of blue on top and red on bottom, with an aurora in the middle of blue strip |
| Designed by | P. Abarin[1] |
Theflag of Murmansk Oblast inRussia consists of two horizontal bands of blue and red, the blue being four times wider than the red. Within the blue is a stylized yellowaurora, which takes up two fifths of the width of the flag.[1] The aurora represents the fact that the Murmansk Oblast is north of theArctic Circle. The blue represents beauty and greatness, and the red represents courage and strength.[2] The flag is the winner of a design contest[1] which was officially adopted on 1 July 2004.[3]
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001–Present | Flag ofSeveromorsk | ||
| 2005–Present | Flag ofZaozyorsk | ||
| 1998–2005 | |||
| 2006–Present | Flag ofVidyayevo | ||
| 2013–Present | Flag ofApatity | ||
| 2004–Present | Flag ofMonchegorsk | ||
| 2016–Present | Flag ofOlenegorsk | ||
| 2007–Present | Flag ofKovdorsky District | ||
| 2013–Present | Flag ofKandalakshsky District | ||
| 2018–Present | Flag ofPechengsky District | ||
| 2012–Present | Flag ofTersky District |
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010–Present | Flag ofAlakurtti | ||
| 2008–Present | Flag ofKandalaksha | ||
| 2016–Present | Flag ofKola | ||
| 2003–2016 | |||
| ?–Present | Flag ofPolyarny | ||
| 2014–Present | Flag ofTeriberka | ||
| 2015–Present | Flag ofZelenoborsky | ||
| 2007–Present | Flag ofZapolyarny | ||
| [4] | 2012–Present | Flag ofKorzunovo | |
| [5] | 2016–Present | Flag ofZarechensk | |
| 2003–Present | Flag ofSnezhnogorsk |