Kostroma city (Kostroma reg., Russia) (original) (raw)

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g. Kostroma

г. Кострома

image by Tomislav �ipek, 31 March 2020

About the flag

The flag of Kostroma city is of ratio 2:3, divided along horizontal into 4 stripes — blue, yellow, white and dark-blue, that occupy respectively 2/3, 1/12, 1/12 and 1/6 of the width; on the upper stripe, near the hoist, is reproduced the shield depicting a yellow galley with the white sails and the emperor standard developed from the pole. The sequence of the arrangement of the colored horizontal stripes on the flag symbolizes the panorama of ancient Russian Volga city, in this case:

blue - sky,
golden - the cupola of temples,
white - the architecture of city,
dark-blue - Volga river. Pascal Gross, 18 March 2003

The flag and coat of arms of Kostroma-city, center of Region of Kostroma, adopted on August, 22 2002, solutions of Duma (municipal council) of Kostroma-city from August 22, 2002 #153 (flag) and #154 (coat of arms). The flag horizontally divided in azure (light blue), yellow, white and blue (dark blue) as 4:1:1:2. In the azure stripe at the staff replaced a coat of arms of Kostroma-city. This coat of arms was first affirmed to Kostroma-city by the Empress Ekaterine Second the Great on 24 Oct 1767 and is again affirmed by Duma of Kostroma-city on August 22, 2002.
Mikhail Revnivtsev, 30 Dec 2002

Variant of the flag

image by Tomislav �ipek, 31 March 2020

This variant shows simply a ship in the upper hoist in place of the full shield.
Tomislav �ipek, 31 March 2020

2002-2008 flag

image by Tomislav �ipek, 31 March 2020

In the 2002-2008 flag, the lower stripes were wider. The flag was used both with the full shield, and with just the galley (seen below).
Tomislav �ipek, 31 March 2020

image by Tomislav �ipek, 31 March 2020