Yaroslavl Region (Russia)

Ярославская обл&

Last modified: 2005-05-28 by antónio martins
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• Presentation of Yaroslavl Region
• Description of the flag
• Law of the flag and coat-of-arms
• The 1997-2001 flag issue
• Incorrect report
• State armorial banner
• Coat of arms

• Subdivisions of Yaroslavl Region
• Russia
• Russian subdivisions (list and clickable map)

• Yaroslavl flag and coat of arms
  reported by Pascal Gross, 28 Oct 2001
• History of the arms of Yaroslavl
  reported by Jorge Candeias

Presentation of Yaroslavl Region

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• Name (english): Yaroslavl Region • (russian): Ярославская область | Âroslavskaâ oblasth
  
• Capital (russian): Ярославль | Âroslavlh • (english): Yaroslavl
• Area: 36 400 km² (≅14 100 sq.mi.) • Population: 1 402 000 inhabitants in 2000
• Status: Region (область | oblasth) within the Russian Federation
• Federal District: Central Region • Economic region: Center (central European Russia)
• License plate code: 76 • Ham radio code: JA • ISO 3166-2 code: YAR
• Flag adopted on 2001.02.27 • Coat of arms adopted on 2001.02.27

Yaroslavl is the oldest town on the Volga, first mentioned in writing in 1071 and said to have been founded by Yaroslavl the Wise (978-1054) in 1010. The town emblem is a bear rampant with a halberd on his shoulder. According to legend, when Yaroslav the Wise first came to the place where he later founded the town, the local inhabitants let a bear out of his cage to chase him away, and Yaroslav killed it with his halberd.
Jarig Bakker, 01 Feb 2000, quoting from The complete guide to the Soviet Union, by Victor L