Flag of Ingushetia

Ingushetia

Proportion	2:3
Adopted	13 May 1994
Design	A red triskelion sign on a white background, with narrow green horizontal stripes above and below
Designed by	Ibragim Dakhkilgov [ru][1]

The state flag of Ingushetia,^[a] a republic in the Russian Federation, is a horizontal tricolour that shows a red triskelion solar sign on a white background, with narrow green horizontal stripes above and below. The white symbolizes purity of thoughts and actions, the green—the awakening of nature, abundance, fertility of the land of Ingushetia, as well as Islam, which the Ingush profess, red—the difficult struggle of the Ingush people against injustice, for the right to live on the land of their ancestors in peace and harmony with neighboring peoples throughout centuries; the solar symbol symbolizes the endless development leading to the prosperity of the Ingush people.

Prior to the creation of the state flag of Ingushetia, the Ingush had never had their own national symbols that could reflect their history or ethnicity. This was because Ingushetia was part of different entities and therefore, was under different flags and coats of arms, without a single national symbol of its own.

Following the referendum of 30 November – 1 December 1991 that favored the creation of an Ingush Republic within the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, the Supreme Soviet of Russia adopted the Law "On the formation of the Ingush Republic as part of the Russian Federation" on 4 June 1992, after which Ingushetia officially became a republic of Russia. There were heated debates regarding the adoption of the flag in the Extraordinary Congress of the Peoples of Ingushetia on 15 May 1993. Finally, on 13 May 1994, the People's Assembly of the Republic of Ingushetia adopted Law No. 1-RKZ "On the state flag of the Republic of Ingushetia" according to a drawing presented by Ibragim Dakhkilgov [ru], a prominent writer and folklorist. On 11 July 1999, the Assembly adopted the Constitution Law of Ingushetia No. 6-RKZ "On the State Flag of the Republic of Ingushetia", invalidating the Law of 13 May 1994. The law regulates the flag's use and display.

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