Flag of Dagestan
The flag of Dagestan was adopted after the transformation of the Dagestan ASSR into the Republic of Dagestan within the Russian Federation. The flag was formally adopted on 26 February 1994. It features a horizontal tricolor of green, blue, and red. On 19 November 2003 the proportion of the flag was changed from the original 1:2 to 2:3, and the middle stripe from light blue to blue.
Colours scheme
The official colours scheme was declared in 19 November 2003.Colors scheme | Green | Blue | Red |
| CMYK | 100-0-50-42 | 100-66-0-35 | 0-80-86-16 |
| HEX | #009349 | #0039A6 | #D52B1E |
| RGB | 0-147-73 | 0-57-166 | 213-43-30 |
Symbolism
Green represents life and the abundance of the land of Dagestan, and is also the traditional color of Islam. Dark blue, the color of the sea, symbolizes the beauty and grandeur of the Dagestani people. Red signifies democracy, the enlightening power of the human mind in the process of creating life, and the courage and bravery of the people of the Land of Mountains. Unofficial interpretations describe the green color as the representative of Northeast Caucasian people, the blue color as the representative of the Turkic peoples and red color as the representative of Slavic people and Iranian people.Historical flags
Following its formation from parts of the Mountainous Republic of the Northern Caucasus in 1921, the Dagestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic had several flags of the standard ASSR, first red flags defaced with the initials of the ASSR name and then a RSFSR flag defaced with the same. With the fall of the Soviet Union, Dagestan dropped the А from its flag and the inscription read simply ДССР. A flag with horizontal blue and yellow stripes may have been used briefly in 1993 and 1994 until a variation of the current horizontal tricolor was adopted in 1994.| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
| 19th-century | Flag of the 19th-century Caucasian Imamate | ||
| 1917–1920 | Flag of the Mountainous Republic of the Northern Caucasus | ||
| 1925–1927 | Flag of the Dagestan ASSR | ||
| 1927–1954 | Flag of the Dagestan ASSR | ||
| 1954–1991 | Flag of the Dagestan ASSR | ||
| 1991–1994 | Flag of the Dagestan SSR | ||
| 1991–1994 | Flag of the Republic of Dagestan | ||
| 1994–2003 | Flag of the Republic of Dagestan | A horizonatal tricolor of green, blue and red. |
Other flags
Several peoples in Dagestan have devised their own ethnic flags:| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
| ?–Present | Flag of the Avar people of Dagestan | ||
| ?–Present | Flag of the Aghul people of Dagestan | ||
| ?–Present | Flag of the Kumyk people of Dagestan | ||
| ?–Present | Flag of the Lak people of Dagestan | ||
| ?–Present | Flag of the Nogai people of Dagestan | ||
| ?–Present | Flag of the Lezgin people of Dagestan | ||
| ?–Present | Flag of the Rutul People (Rutulians) of Dagestan | A horizontal tricolor of green-white-green, with a green crecent and star on the middle. | |
| ?–Present | Flag of the Tabasaran people of Dagestan | ||
| ?–Present | Flag of the Tabasaran people of Dagestan |