Flag of Azerbaijan
The flag of Azerbaijan was established on 5 February 1990 by the then Supreme Soviet of the Azerbaijan Republic. The design of the national flag has been largely taken over by the flag of the Democratic Republic of Azerbaijan, which has been modified slightly. For example, the aspect ratio was changed from 2:3 to 1:2, which corresponds to the Soviet flag tradition. The 9th of November, at the 1918, the flag was introduced for the first time, according to a presidential decree of 2009, the National Flag Day.
Description and significance
As the national flag, the Republic of Azerbaijan introduces a blue-red- green horizontally split cloth, in its central strip a white crescent and an eight -pointed star is shown.
Democratic Republic of Azerbaijan
In the Democratic Republic of Azerbaijan, the three colors as well as the crescent and eight -pointed star as follows;
- Blue: symbol of belonging to the Azerbaijani Turkic people.
- Red: symbol for the ongoing development of the Azerbaijani culture.
- Green: symbol for Islam.
- Crescent: Another symbol of Islam. This was the Turkish flag borrowed.
- Star: a symbol of the eight perso - Arabic letters, with which the name Azerbaijan was written.
Republic of Azerbaijan
In the present-day Republic of Azerbaijan colors, crescent and star have these meanings:
- Blue: a symbol of the freedom of Azerbaijan, which manifests itself through the boundless vast sky over the country.
- Red: Symbol for the present life of Azerbaijanis.
- Green: a symbol for the future of Azerbaijan, that manifests itself in the nature of the country.
- Crescent: symbol for the predominant religion of the country, Islam.
- Star: Symbol of the eight Turkic peoples, from which over the centuries has formed the Azerbaijani nation today:
History
The basic design of today's flag was designed in the spring of 1917 for the Muslim Council in Baku by Azerbaijani poet Ali Bey Hussein Zade. But this time, only the tips of the crescent, as opposed to today's flag, in the two outer strips inside. After the collapse of the Russian Empire, the independent Azerbaijan Democratic Republic was proclaimed on 28 March 1918.
On June 21, 1918, the Azerbaijani Parliament adopted a created based on the Ottoman flag national flag, which should express the " Turkish character" of the new republic. This new flag consisted of a red bunting, the center is a white crescent and an eight -pointed star was launched. The crescent moon symbolized by the then considers Islam and the eight -pointed star should be the perso - eight Arabic letters, from which the name Azerbaijan (Persian آزربيجان, Āzarbāiǧān DMG ) was formed. But already on 9 November 1918, the Parliament approved the introduction of a new flag, which was based on the basis of 1917 featured design. Some variants of this flag had already led then the crescent and star only in the red stripes. This was either in the middle or flag was added to the leech.
? Flag of Democratic Republic of Azerbaijan from June 21 to November 9, 1918
As of 22 April, the republic was part of the Transcaucasian Federation, which collapsed on May 26. Your flag was composed of three horizontal stripes in yellow - black-red.
Already on 8 May 1918, the Soviet Commune of Baku was founded. Their flag showed the country's name in gold letters on a red background. The municipality existed only a few weeks, but the Zentralkaspische dictatorship was founded on 14 August 1918, which was supported by the British. It existed until the 15th September. Your flag showed three horizontal stripes in light blue, red and light blue.
Turkey occupied the country in September 1918, but withdrew in November back, after which the British occupied the territory. The republic existed until April 1920, when Soviet troops occupied Azerbaijan.
? Baku Soviet Commune, May 1918
? Zentralkaspische dictatorship, August bis September 1918
As part of the young Soviet Union led Azerbaijan from 1920 various flags. The first flag was a red flag with a yellow crescent and a star in the upper left corner. The Azerbaijan SSR used a red flag with the Cyrillic letters ССРА ( " SSRA " ) between 1921 and 1922. In some versions of the letters were highlighted by a green canton. Between March 12, 1922, the December 5, 1936 Azerbaijan was part of the Transcaucasian SFSR. In 1936, the Azerbaijan SSR back its own flag, a red flag with the letters AzSSR and hammer and sickle. From 1939, the Cyrillic lettering АзССР was used.
From 7 October 1952, the Soviet Socialist Republic adopted a flag designed by the painter KMA Kjazimzade. She was plain red with a narrow, horizontal blue stripes on the bottom edge, which stood for the Caspian Sea and the Turkic Azerbaijanis. Near the flagpole displayed the flag in the center of the red stripe in gold hammer, sickle and five-pointed star. On the back of the flag there is no hammer and sickle were.
1:2? Flag of the Azerbaijan SSR, 1921-1922
1:2? Flag of the Azerbaijan SSR, 1921-1922
1:2? Flag of the Transcaucasian Soviet Socialist Republic, 1922-1936
1:2? Flag of the Azerbaijan SSR, 1939-1952
1:2? Flag of the Azerbaijan SSR, 1952-1991
Military flags of Azerbaijan
The flag of the navy of Azerbaijan follows Soviet tradition. A white flag with a red crescent and star, an anchor and waves at the bottom. You will, however, not used as Seekriegsflagge or Gösch, but only as a ceremonial flag.
Flag of the Air Force
Flag of the Navy
? Service flag at sea
Flag of the commander in chief of the armed forces ( the President )
Political flags
The state flag of Azerbaijan was in a slightly modified form of party flag of the Communist Party 's successor and current ruling party Yeni Azərbaycan ( " New Azerbaijan "). Azerbaijan's oldest party, established in 1911, Musavat Partiyası, originally led a light blue flag with 45/2 moons and stars. In the meantime, they used a flag with only one large crescent and star.
Nakhchivan
The Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic decreed during Soviet times its own flag. It was a typical Soviet-style flag, red color, hammer and sickle and the name of the ASSR in yellow. On the back were missing symbols and lettering. Unofficially, today there is a flag in a variety of variants with three horizontal stripes in blue, red and yellow, yellow crescent and star.
? Unofficial flag Nachitschewans
Nagorno-Karabakh
The Nagorno-Karabakh Republic is a stabilized de facto regime that international law is part of Azerbaijan. It uses a variant of the flag of Armenia, which symbolizes the political will of the terminal Nagorno-Karabakh to Armenia.
South Azerbaijan
The Südaserbaidschanische revivalism ( SANAM ), a separatist movement in Iran's South Azerbaijan, uses a flag, which is derived from the national flag of Azerbaijan.
Trivia
In Baku stands on the place of the national flag ( Dövlət Bayrağı Meydanı ) the second highest with 162 m flagpole in the world .. He was a leader of a mast in Dushanbe (Tajikistan) replaced. The Azerbaijani flag should be approximately 2,450 square meters in size ( 35x70 m) and weigh 250 kg.