Previous flags (1990s) of Mordovia (Russia) (original) (raw)

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“Mordovian SSR” flag, 1990-1995(?)
“Fixed” (A)SSR flag, 1992 (?)
Stripped versions reported in 1993
Version reported in 1993
Version reported in 1994 See also:
Mordovia
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“Mordovian SSR” flag, 1990-1995(?)

image by António Martins, _Željko Heimer_and Ralf Stelter, 18 Sep 1999

In 1990, the Mordovian ASSR(a constituent of the Soviet Union, integrated in theRussian Republic), upgraded itself to the status of SSR, and had this reflected on a new flag, slight modification of the previous: the "A" is removed from the trilingual inscription of the soviet flag: Russian, Erzian Mordovian and Mokshian Mordovian.
António Martins, 16 Sep 1999

This design is confirmed by photographs taken of the White House, where these flags were flying, and from the Parliament, when there they were arranged along the wall behind the speaker’s desk. The book Politisches Lexikon Rußland(Roland Götz and Uwe Halbach, 1994, Beck, München) confirms that in December 1990 the Mordovian ASSR was changed by law to the Mordovian SSR! The only facts we have about a transitory flag are photographs from the White House where the flag flying had the three inscriptions (but reduced to "SSR" instead of "ASSR"), the same flag hanging in the parliament, also to be seen on video recordings I have. The videos show the flag sometimes very small, that sometimes I could assume that theother version is shown.
Ralf Stelter, 25 Jul 1999

“Fixed” (A)SSR flag, 1992 (?)

image by António Martins, 20 Aug 1999

I saw (and also I have the image video-recorded many times) one flag of Mordovia, in July 1992 in the Soviet of Nationalities of this date. Was red with blue vertical stripe at hoist, but instead of the hammer and sickle and inscriptions was a yellow circle and below three small bars.
Jaume Ollé, 13 Jul 1999

Could it be a normal Mordvian ASSR flag with wiped out symbols and letters, lacking a proper new flag?… Please note that this may have been so, but the disc couldn't cover the star and be circular at the same time, without reaching the blue stripe. So, either the disc was elliptical, or it did reach the blue stripe, or the star was not covered by the circle, being either conserved or removed.
António Martins, 24 Jul 1999

This might eventually be an old flagwith overprinted hammer and sickle and letters. In Russian or Soviet flags the emblems were printed onto the red cloth (silk screen, the two flags we have are printed with a very thick plastic-like colour) so it is not difficult to remove the small star by scratching it off, while the larger elements had to be overprinted.
Ralf Stelter, 25 Jul 1999

This suggestion only applies to the version of the flag with initials only because the full name is too large; in the video recorded flag, the circle and bars are in small size.
Jaume Ollé, 24 Jul 1999

Version reported in 1993

image by Molnár István, 01 Jul 2002

This design is given in Flagmaster 072[flm], page 11.
Molnár István, 01 Jul 2002

It is a big fiction! This flag never existed. I think it is fantasy of Mr. Tarnovsky.
Victor Lomantsov, 02 Jul 2002

Stripped versions reported in 1993

image by António Martins, 24 Jul 1999

In September and November 1993 were reported (quoted from any Russian vexillologist or/and published in any Bulletin) different flags with four colours (blue, white, yellow and red) in two different arrangements (horizontal B-R-Y and W at hoist; and B-R-W-Y horizontal).
Jaume Ollé, 13 Jul 1999 and 24 Jul 1999

This could be striped versions of the old ASSR flag as “poor man’s flags” or as proposals (by whom?) to abolish the ASSR flag.
Ralf Stelter, 25 Jul 1999

image by António Martins, 24 Jul 1999

Version reported in 1994

image by Željko Heimer, 27 May 1996

This design was shown in several flag magazines (who copied each other), originally coming from a Russian source (when I remember correctly it was Oleg Tarnovski).
Ralf Stelter, 25 Jul 1999

This flag is listed under number 87 at the chart Flags of Aspirant Peoples [eba94] as: «Mordovia (Mordovians) [Moksha] - Central Russia».
Ivan Sache, 15 Sep 1999

This flag is fictional.
Ben Cahoon, 19 November 2020