The national flag of the Republic of Azerbaijan is a horizontal tricolour featuring three equally sized fesses of bright blue, red, and green, with a white crescent and an eight-pointed star in the center. This flag was used from 9 November 1918 to 1920, from when Azerbaijan was first independent to annexation by the Soviet Union, but it was revived with slight variations on 5 February 1991. The nickname for the flag is The Tricolour Flag.
Symbolism[]
The bright blue symbolizes Azerbaijan's Turkic heritage, the red stands for progress, and the green represents Islam, the religion of the majority of Azerbaijanis.
Historical Flags[]
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Flag of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic in 1918
Flag of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic in 1918–1920
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Flag of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic in 1920–1921
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Flag of the Transcaucasian SFSR in 1930s–1936
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Flag of the Azerbaijan SSR in 1937–1940
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Flag of the Azerbaijan SSR in 1940–1952
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Flag of the Azerbaijan SSR in 1952–1956
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Flag of the Azerbaijan SSR in 1956–1991
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Flag of the Republic of Azerbaijan (1991–2013)
Flag of the Republic of Azerbaijan (2013–present)
Flag Redesigns[]
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Disputed states
Dependencies and overseas territories
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