Flag of Chechnya
The flag of Chechnya is a rectangle with sides in the ratio 2:3 representing the Chechen Republic, a republic of Russia. The flag is composed of three horizontal bars of, from top to bottom: green, representing Islam; white; and red; superimposed on them is a narrow vertical white band at the hoist, containing the national ornament, a design of four golden scroll shapes.
This flag, introduced in 2004, is primarily used by the government of Chechnya while the pro-independence flags are commonly used by opposition forces.
Historic flags
From 1957 to 1978, the Soviet flag of the Checheno-Ingush ASSR was based on the Russian SFSR|flag of the Russian SFSR] with the addition of a blue vertical bar on the hoist side and the abbreviated name of the Republic.In 1978, these abbreviated names were replaced with the full versions: ЧЕЧЕНО-ИНГУШСКАЯ АССР in Russian, НОХЧ-ГӀАЛГӀАЙН АССР in Chechen, and НОХЧ-ГӀАЛГӀАЙ АССР in Ingush.
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
| Flag of Dzurdzuk and Princedom of Simsim | Plain dark red flag | ||
| The flag of Chechnya from the end of 1785 until March 8, 1840 | |||
| 19th century | Flag of the Caucasian Imamate | ||
| 1919–1920 | Flag of the North Caucasian Emirate | A plain green flag with a crecent tilted to face upwards, and 3 stars on the top. | |
| Flag of the Mountain Republic | |||
| Flag of Ali Mitaev | |||
| 1937–1944 | Flag of the Checheno-Ingush ASSR | ||
| 1957–1978 | Flag of the Checheno-Ingush ASSR | ||
| 1978–1990 | Flag of the Checheno-Ingush ASSR | ||
| 1990–1991 | Flag of the Checheno-Ingush SSR |
1991–2000
Several flags have been used by the supporters of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria. The most common of these is the green flag with the red and white stripes. Its proportions are approximately 7:11. The color scheme is green, white, red, white, green, with the upper two-thirds of the flag in green and the remaining one third in white, red, white and green stripes of equal width, the width ratio of which is 8:1:1:1:1. Another well-known example is similar to this flag but has the country's coat of arms incorporated into the design. Each color is meant to symbolize an aspect of the Chechen national character. Green is the color of life, red symbolizes the bloodshed in the struggle for freedom and white represents the road to a bright future. These flags were mainly used by supporters of Dzhokhar Dudayev, Aslan Maskhadov and their successors. Apart from these several other designs have been used by different factions of the independentist movement, and even single sides used different flags at the same time.| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
| 1991–2000 | National flag of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria | ||
| 1991–2000 | Variant flag of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria | National Flag of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria with coat of arms. | |
| 1991-2000 | Variant flag of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria | National Flag of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria with the bottom green stripe removed. | |
| 1990–1996 | Flag of the All-National Congress of the Chechen People | National flag of the All-National Congress of the Chechen People | |
| 2005–2007 | Flag used by the Caucasus Emirate |
Loyalist opposition
The pro-Moscow opposition to Dudayev used a flag of similar design with the main difference being the inversion of the red and white stripes. It has not been used since it was replaced by the current flag of the Chechen Republic.| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
| 1993-1996 | Flag of the Provisional Council of the Chechen Republic, Umar Avturkhanov's faction. | - | |
| 1996–2004 | Pro-Russian Chechen flag. |