Not to be confused with the flag of Tatarstan.
Chechen Republic
Proportion2:3
AdoptionJune 22, 2004 (age 22)
DesignA horizontal tricolor of green (representing Islam), white (representing peace or the Caucasus Mountains) and red (representing bloodshed). The national ornament is at the white band at the hoist.
Use 2Standard of the president of the Chechen Republic
Adoption 22020

The flag of Chechnya (ce: Нохчийчоьнан байракх, Noxçiyçönan bayraq) is a rectangle with sides in the ratio 2:3 representing the Chechen Republic, a republic of Russia. The flag is composed of three horizontal bars of, from top to bottom: green, representing Islam; white; and red; superimposed on them is a narrow vertical white band at the hoist, containing the national ornament, a design of four golden scroll shapes.

This flag, introduced in 2004, is primarily used by the government of Chechnya while the pro-independence flags are commonly used by opposition forces.

Historic flags

From 1957 to 1978, the Soviet flag of the Checheno-Ingush ASSR was based on the flag of the Russian SFSR with the addition of a blue vertical bar on the hoist side and the abbreviated name of the Republic (НГӀАССР in Chechen and Ingush, and ЧИАССР in Russian).

In 1978, these abbreviated names were replaced with the full versions: ЧЕЧЕНО-ИНГУШСКАЯ АССР in Russian, НОХЧ-ГӀАЛГӀАЙН АССР in Chechen, and НОХЧ-ГӀАЛГӀАЙ АССР in Ingush.

FlagDateUseDescription
Flag of Dzurdzuk and Princedom of SimsimPlain dark red flag
The flag of Chechnya from the end of 1785 until March 8, 1840
19th centuryFlag of the Caucasian Imamate
1919–1920Flag of the North Caucasian EmirateA plain green flag with a crecent tilted to face upwards, and 3 stars on the top.
Flag of the Mountain Republic
Flag of Ali Mitaev
1937–1944Flag of the Checheno-Ingush ASSR
1957–1978Flag of the Checheno-Ingush ASSR
1978–1990Flag of the Checheno-Ingush ASSR
1990–1991Flag of the Checheno-Ingush SSR

1991–2000

Several flags have been used by the supporters of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria. The most common of these is the green flag with the red and white stripes. Its proportions are approximately 7:11. The color scheme is green, white, red, white, green, with the upper two-thirds of the flag in green and the remaining one third in white, red, white and green stripes of equal width, the width ratio of which is 8:1:1:1:1.[1] Another well-known example is similar to this flag but has the country's coat of arms incorporated into the design. Each color is meant to symbolize an aspect of the Chechen national character. Green is the color of life, red symbolizes the bloodshed in the struggle for freedom and white represents the road to a bright future.[1] These flags were mainly used by supporters of Dzhokhar Dudayev, Aslan Maskhadov and their successors. Apart from these several other designs have been used by different factions of the independentist movement, and even single sides used different flags at the same time.

FlagDateUseDescription
1991–2000National flag of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria
1991–2000Variant flag of the Chechen Republic of IchkeriaNational Flag of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria with coat of arms.
1991-2000Variant flag of the Chechen Republic of IchkeriaNational Flag of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria with the bottom green stripe removed.
1990–1996Flag of the All-National Congress of the Chechen PeopleNational flag of the All-National Congress of the Chechen People
2005–2007Flag used by the Caucasus Emirate

Loyalist opposition

The pro-Moscow opposition to Dudayev used a flag of similar design with the main difference being the inversion of the red and white stripes. [2] It has not been used since it was replaced by the current flag of the Chechen Republic.

FlagDateUseDescription
1993-1996Flag of the Provisional Council of the Chechen Republic, Umar Avturkhanov's faction.
1996–2004Pro-Russian Chechen flag.

Other flags

Administrative divisions[3]

FlagDateUse
22 September 2010–PresentFlag of GroznyGreen background with the red and white stripes, and a drawing of the Akhmad Kadyrov Mosque on the green side.
2011–presentFlag of Argun
2010–2011
10 October 2021–presentFlag of Achkhoy-Martanovsky District
30 January 2018–presentFlag of Groznensky District
10 August 2021–presentFlag of Gudermessky District
24 December 2020–10 August 2021
19 October 2021–presentFlag of Itum-Kalinsky District
17 September 2020–presentFlag of Kurchaloyevsky District
23 July 2021–presentFlag of Nadterechny District
9 December 2020–presentFlag of Naursky District
16 September 2020–presentFlag of Nozhay-Yurtovsky District
24 September 2021–presentFlag of Sernovodsky District
17 April 2020–presentFlag of Shalinsky District
29 July 2021–presentFlag of Sharoysky District
17 September 2020–presentFlag of Shatoysky District
10 December 2020–presentFlag of Shelkovskoy District
1 November 2016–presentFlag of Urus-Martanovsky District
22 July 2021–presentFlag of Vedensky District
11 June 2021–presentFlag of Shatoy
FlagDsteUseDescription
2020–PresentAdat People's Movement
2007–2016Caucasus EmirateA plain black flag with the Shahada on the middle written in white, and a sword on the bottom, modeled after the flag of Saudi Arabia.
External link?–PresentFlag used by the KadyrovitesIdentical to the current flag of Chechnya, but with the picture of Akhmat Kadyrov on the center.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Independentist flag of Chechnya (Russia, 1990s)". www.crwflags.com
  2. ^ "Pro-Russian flag of Chechnya (Russia, 1990s)". www.crwflags.com
  3. ^ "Чечня - гербы и флаги | Геральдика.ру". geraldika.ru. Retrieved 2026-05-14.
  4. ^ "chechnya". vexillographia.ru. Retrieved 4 June 2025.