List of Azerbaijani flags

This is a list of flags used in Azerbaijan.

National flag
FlagDateUseDescription
1991Flag of the Republic of AzerbaijanThree horizontal stripes, the upper stripe of blue colour, the middle stripe red and the lower one green with a white crescent and eight-pointed star in the middle of the red stripe on both sides of the flag. The proportion of the width to the length is 1 to 2.[1]

Governmental flags
FlagDateUseDescription
1992–presentPresidential standardNational tricolour with the coat of arms in the center
2004–presentPresidential standard (at sea)Naval ensign with national tricolour and the coat of arms in the center

Military flags
FlagDateUseDescription
1991Flag of the Azerbaijani Land Forces
1991Ensign of the Azerbaijani NavyAs Azerbaijan was formerly a Soviet republic, the naval ensign of Azerbaijan closely mimics the old Soviet equivalent; a star and crescent replaces the red star, a blue anchor replaces the hammer and sickle, and what used to be a simple light blue bar at the bottom of the flag has been replaced by a wavy sort of pattern.
1991Flag of the State Border Service of AzerbaijanA green flag with the flag of the Navy in the canton
1991Flag of the Azerbaijani Air and Air Defence Force

Historical flags
FlagDateUseDescription
1858–1883Flag of the Russian EmpireA rectangular cloth with three equal horizontal stripes: the upper stripe black, middle stripe yellow, and lower stripe white.
1883–1917Flag of the Russian EmpireA rectangular cloth with three equal horizontal stripes: the upper stripe white, middle stripe blue, and lower stripe red. The ratio of the width of the flag to its length is 2 to 3.
1813–1917Ensign of the
Imperial Russian Navy		A blue saltire on a white field
1918Flag of the
Centrocaspian Dictatorship

Three horizontal stripes, the upper and lower stripes of light blue colour and the middle stripe red.

1918Flag of
Azerbaijan Democratic Republic		Source for the design of the current flag
1918Flag of the
Baku Commune		Bears the text Бакинскiй Совнаркомь (Bakinskiy Sovnarkom)
1918–1920Flag of
Azerbaijan Democratic Republic		Same as current flag
1920–1921Flag of the Azerbaijan Socialist Soviet Republic
1930s - 1936Flag of the Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet RepublicLater flag of the Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic
1937–1940Flag of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic
1940–1952Flag of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic
1952–1991Flag of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist RepublicLast flag of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic
Reverse flagAll flags of the constituent republics of the Soviet Union did not bear the hammer and sickle on their reverse side.
1937–1940Flag of the Nakhichevan Autonomous Soviet Socialist RepublicOne version of the flag of the Nakhichevan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. Later versions bore the text "Нахчыван МССР" (Naxçıvan MSSR, meaning Nakhichevan ASSR), placed on the flag of the Azerbaijan SSR of the time, without the Armenian name.
1952–1991Flag of the Nakhichevan Autonomous Soviet Socialist RepublicLast flag of the Nakhichevan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
1922–1923Flag of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
1923–1924Flag of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
1924–1936Flag of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
1936–1955Flag of the Union of Soviet Socialist RepublicsA red cloth, with the image at its upper hoist corner of a gold hammer and sickle, and above them a red five-pointed star, framed in gold. The ratio of width to length is 1:2.[2]
1955–1980Flag of the Union of Soviet Socialist RepublicsSlight change of the hammer and sickle design from the previous Soviet national flag
1980–1991Flag of the Union of Soviet Socialist RepublicsSlightly brighter red from the previous Soviet national flag
1946–1991Flag of the Soviet Army
1924–1935Ensign of the
Naval Fleet of the USSR
1935–1950Ensign of the
Naval Fleet of the USSR
1950–1992Ensign of the
Naval Fleet of the USSR		Slight modification from previous design

References
  1. "Milli Məclis". www.meclis.gov.az.
  2. "Конституция СССР 1936 г." constitution.garant.ru.
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