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The flag and coat of arms of Stavropol Territory were
adopted in 15/05/1997 by the Local Parlament (Krajevaja
Duma): Law on flag and Law of Coat
of Arms.
Michael Simakov, 13 Jan 1999
The law gives strange measures for the
cross: 5,5+4,1+5,5:7,5+4,5+13. That doesn’t mean that the
arms of the cross has different widths, as 4,1/15,1 ≅
4,5/(25/3); the actual calculed value must have been
4,077 or similar, later rounded to 4,1… Of course a much
better way to put it would be 73+54+73:90+54+156, being the
overall flag dimensions of 200:300. This though envolves a
rounding and may mean that these dimensions cannot be resolved
to a set of “nice” numbers — which in turn may mean that these
measures were taken from a real, historical flag, hand made
and thus geometrically “imperfect”. Finnaly, note that the
flag - to - coat of arms ratios of arms given (6/16:5/25) also
do not match the coat of arms, as the flag is 2:3 and the coat
of arms approx. 9:10. Note also that 6/16ths (0,375) is more
than 4,1/15,1ths (≅0,272) and thus the legal prescription
stating that «the edges of which [of the coat of arms] shall not
extend beyond the limits of the white field of the crossing»
is incompatible with the (equally legal) ratios…
António Martins, 22 Jan 2000
According to the law, this flag
seems to come in two flavours: with full color coat of
arms or monochrome. Of course we all would like to know
the differences in legal and actual usage of these two
different flag depictions, if any.
António Martins, 22 Jan 2000
From this website:
The "Regulation on the Flag of Stavropol Territory" adopted 29.12.1994 is word for word the same as the law of 1997, at least as far as the description of the flag goes. The rules for use of the flag also seem to be the same, and mighty familiar by now. The third clause in each document says that «The pattern of the flag of Stavropol Territory is to be preserved in the State Council of Stavropol Territory. The pattern can be executed either in color or in black and white.»Law Of Stavropol Territory
On The Flag Of Stavropol Territory
(adopted by the State Council of S.T. 15.05.97)Article 1.
The flag of Stavropol Territory is a symbol of Stavropol Territory, a member with full rights, and an indivisible part, of the Russian Federation.Article 2.
The flag of Stavropol Territory is a rectangular bunting, gold in color, on which is depicted a white rectangular cross. The ratio of the breadth of the flag to its length is 2:3. The following proportions of the sides of the cross to the dimensions of the flag are used: vertically 5.5:4.1:5.5; horizontally 7.5:4.5:13. In the center of the cross is found a colored or monochrome (all in gold) depiction of the coat of arms of Stavropol Territory, the edges of which shall not extend beyond the limits of the white field of the crossing. The ratio of the breadth of the flag to the height of the coat of arms is 16:6. The ratio of the length of the flag to the width of the coat of arms is 25:5.
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This coat of arms it is unusual in that the bottom
partition shows an outline map of territory, complete
with a cross marking the spot of the capital, and a
longitude line showing 45°. Weird…
António Martins, 22 Jan 2000
Is it my eyes but it is quite red at
www.lenta.ru/vybory/2002%20Mar%2024/stavropol/?
Dov Gutterman, 12 Oct 2002
Your eyes are OK, that image is a little wrong.
Victor Lomantsov, 12 Oct 2002
It was either a mistake or there’s something we dont know regarding the way
this flag is rendered in the real world — for what’s worth, I never saw
this flag in the cloth before, only reconstructed images based on the law
text.
António Martins, 18 Nov 2002
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Not only the background is odly colored but also the coat of arms shows
a coloration different from what is usually shown, the
map being golden instead of void (blue), the upper division is light blue,
not medium blue (a fundamental difference for Russian speakers), and the
hillock depicted thereon is grey with a white stairway, instead of brown
with a green one.
António Martins, 18 Nov 2002
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