Kazakhstan

Republic of Kazakhstan
Flag of Kazakhstan
Designer	Shaken Niyazbekov
Adopted	4 June 1992
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The national flag of Kazakhstan, also called the Kazakh flag, was adopted on 4 June 1992, replacing the flag of the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic. The flag was designed by Shaken Niyazbekov.

Design

A gold sun with 32 rays above a soaring golden steppe eagle, both centered on a sky blue field. The hoist side displays a national ornamental pattern "qoşqar-müiız".

Historical flags

Khanates

Flag of the Golden Horde, 14th–16th century.

The alleged flag of the Kazakh Khanate.

Russian Empire

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Flag of the Russian Empire and the Russian Republic until 1918.

Flag of Amangeldy Imanov's associates who rebelled in 1916.

Alash Autonomy

Alash state lacked one agreed flag, however the Autonomy had their proposed flags.

Flag of the "Country of Kazakhs", 1911.

Vertical variant.

Flag of the Alash Autonomy which is mentioned in 1918.

Soviet Kazakhstan

Kazakh Autonomous Socialist Soviet Republic from 1920-1936.

Flag of the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic from 1937—1940.

Flag of the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic from 1940—1953.

Flag of Kazakh SSR from 1953 and Kazakhstan until 1992.

Republic of Kazakhstan

Shaken Niyazbekov original design.

The Government of Kazakhstan organized a contest on 2 January 1992, which received several proposals. The designer of the current flag, Shaken Niyazbekov, had originally colored the ornament red. This was changed in July 1992 to the current shade of gold.

Other Proposals

Flag Redesigns