Kursk Region (Russia)

Kurskaa^ oblasth

Last modified: 2005-05-07 by antónio martins
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• Presentation of Kursk Region
• Description of the flag
• Wrong depiction at the official website
• Coat of arms

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• http://home.sovtest.ru/~oblduma/zakon/z19-3ko.html Law about the flag, in the official regional website (showing an image that doesnʼt match the text).
  reported by Michael Simakov, 24 Mar 1999
• (Another?) Official regional website
  reported by Pascal Vagnat and Dov Gutterman, 21 Dec 1998

Presentation of Kursk Region

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• Name (english): Kursk Region • (russian): Курская область | Kurskaâ oblasth
  
• Capital: Курск | Kursk
• Area: 29 800 km² (≅11 500 sq.mi.) • Population: 1 302 900 inhabitants in 2000
• Status: Region (область | oblasth) within the Russian Federation
• Federal District: Central Region • Economic region: Center Ĉernozem | Чернозем (south central European Russia)
• License plate code: 46 • Ham radio code: KU • ISO 3166-2 code: KRS
• Flag adopted on 1996.12.17 • Coat of arms adopted on 1996.12.17

Description of the flag

The flag of Kursk Region is based on the imperial flag, consisting of five unequal horizontal stripes of red (1), white (2), yellow (2), black (2) and red (1).
António Martins, 18 Feb 1999, and Michael Simakov, 24 Mar 1999

I saw this flag recently on TV (a very close and long image, shot at the governorʼs office): The coat of arms does indeed cover the three central stripes, surrounded by a wide white fimbriation, unlike the erroneous image at the official website (!).
António Martins, 06 Oct 1999

The flag and the coat of arms were adopted on 17th December 1996 by the Duma</