Flag of Altai Republic

The state flag of the Altai Republic^[a] in southeastern Russia is a four stripe bicolour of light blue and white. The width of the stripes, from top to bottom, are 67+4+4+25. The white symbolizes eternity, tendency to revival, love, and the consent of the peoples within the republic. The blue symbolizes cleanliness, mountains, rivers, lakes, and heaven.

Altai Republic

Proportion	2:3[1]
Adopted	29 June 1994 11 March 2016
Relinquished	24 April 2003
Design	Four stripe bicolour of white, light blue, white, and light blue
Designed by	Vladimir Chukuyev

The flag was designed by artist V. P. Chukuyev. It was adopted on 2 July 1992, with the proportions of 1:2. The proportions were changed to 2:3 on 29 June 1994, 1:2 on 24 April 2003 and 2:3 on 22 March 2016.

History

Before 1990

Flag	Years of use	Ratio	Government	Description
	1917	1:2	Karakorum Government	The first national flag created by Grigory Gurkin
	1918–1921	2:3	First Confederated Republic of Altai	The flag of the Confederated Republic of Altai, a short-lived independent state during the Russian Civil War
	1921–1922	2:3	Second Confederated Republic of Altai

After 1990

In 1990, the Gorno-Altai Autonomous Oblast upgraded itself to the Gorno-Altai Soviet Socialist Republic. The next year the republic held a competition to design a new flag. Several submitted designs mimicked the Russian tricolour in variation; two depicting an enlarged blue stripe and a smaller white and red stripe. White stood for the Altai Mountains and the nobility of the people, blue for the Turkic peoples and the skies above the republic, and red for the peoples fight for freedom.^[2]

Flag	Use	Description	Ref.
	Flag proposal from 1991 by Alexander Basov.		[3]
	Flag proposal from 1991 by Alexander Basov.		[3][verification needed]

Other submissions

Other designs submitted for the flag of the Altai Republic as catalogued by the republic's Archives Committee.^[4]

Flag	Authors	Description
	Design by an unknown author.
	Design by Ignatiy Ortonulov.
	Design by Ignatiy Ortonulov.
	Design by Ignatiy Ortonulov.
	Design by Ignatiy Ortonulov.
	Design by an unknown author.
	Design by Nelly Kazitova.
	Design by an unknown author.
	Design by an unknown author.
	Design by an unknown author.
	Design by Friedrich Taushkanov.
	Design by Friedrich Taushkanov.
	Design by Friedrich Taushkanov.
	Design by Gennady Kebekov.
	Design by Gennady Kebekov.
	Design by Gennady Kebekov.
	Design by Gennady Kebekov.
	Design by Alchibaev (no last name provided).	A vertical tricolor of white, blue and green, with a red star on the upper left corner.
	Design by Alchibaev (no last name provided).
	Design by Alchibaev (no last name provided).
	Design by Alchibaev (no last name provided).
	Design by Nikolai Chichkanov.
	Design by Alexei Edokov.
	Design by an unknown author.
	Design by Vladimir Chukuyev.
	Design by Anatoly Shadrin.

Notes

1. Russian: Государственный Флаг Республики Алтай, Altay: Алтай Республиканыҥ эл-тергеелик маанызы