Ivanovo Region (Russia)

Ivanovskaâ oblasth

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Ивановская область

• Presentation of Ivanovo Region
• Description of the flag
• Coat of arms detail

• Ivanovo

• Russia
• Russian subnational flags (overview of the subdivisions, list of federation “subjects” and clickable map)

• Official regional web site, with big and great images of the flag and coat of arms, no explanations.
  reported by Mark Sensen, 16 Dec 1998, and Pascal Vagnat, 31 Oct 1998

Presentation of Ivanovo Region

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• Name (English): Ivanovo Region • (Russian): Ивановская область | Ivanovskaâ oblasth
  
• Capital: Иваново | Ivanovo
• Area: 21 800 km² (~8 400 sq.mi.) • Population: 1 208 700 inhabitants in 2000
• Status: Region (область | oblasth) within the Russian Federation
• Federal District: Central Region • Economic region: Center (central European Russia)
• License plate code: 37 • Ham radio code: IV • ISO 3166-2 code: IVA
• Flag adopted on 1998.03.03 • Coat of arms adopted on unkn. date

Description of the flag

According to "Law on Flag" #18-OZ adopted by regional Legislative Council on 3 of March 1998 and confirmed with governor V. Tikhomirov on 19 of March:

Article 2.

Flag of the Region is rectangular field divided per pale red and blue. In bottom part - three thin wavy stripes. There is a coat of arms in the centre. Proportions 3:2.

The flag of Ivanovo is a banner of arms:
http://www.ivoblduma.ru/press-tsentr/vse-novosti/10323/
http://1000inf.ru/news/86620/
Tomislav Šipek, 3 March 2020

Coat of arms detail