Flag of Murmansk Oblast

The flag of Murmansk Oblast in Russia consists of two horizontal bands of blue and red, the blue being four times wider than the red. Within the blue is a stylized yellow aurora, which takes up two fifths of the width of the flag.^[1] The aurora represents the fact that the Murmansk Oblast is north of the Arctic 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]

Murmansk Oblast

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]

Other flags

Administrative divisions

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	2001–Present	Flag of Severomorsk
	2005–Present	Flag of Zaozyorsk
	1998–2005
	2006–Present	Flag of Vidyayevo
	2013–Present	Flag of Apatity
	2004–Present	Flag of Monchegorsk
	2016–Present	Flag of Olenegorsk
	2007–Present	Flag of Kovdorsky District
	2013–Present	Flag of Kandalakshsky District
	2018–Present	Flag of Pechengsky District
	2012–Present	Flag of Tersky District

Settlements

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	2010–Present	Flag of Alakurtti
	2008–Present	Flag of Kandalaksha
	2016–Present	Flag of Kola
	2003–2016
	?–Present	Flag of Polyarny
	2914–Present	Flag of Teriberka
	2015–Present	Flag of Zelenoborsky
	2007–Present	Flag of Zapolyarny
[4]	2012–Present	Flag of Korzunovo
[5]	2016–Present	Flag of Zarechensk
	2003–Present	Flag of Snezhnogorsk