Flag of Transnistria
Transnistria (also called Transdniestria, or Pridnestrovie, officially the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic, PMR; Russian: Приднестровская Молдавская Республика, romanized: Pridnestrovskaya Moldavskaya Respublika), is a separatist country in Eastern Europe. This means it says it is a different from Moldova. However, this is not legally true. Most countries have no diplomatic relations with it.
Transnistria is the only country that still has a hammer and sickle on its flag.[1]
Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic
[change | change source] | |
| Use | State flag and ensign, war flag    |
|---|---|
| Proportion | 1:2 |
| Adopted | 31 January 1952
(original version) 2 September 1991 (current version used) |
| Design | Three horizontal bands of red, green and red, with a hammer and sickle in the canton. Nearly identical to the flag of the Moldavian SSR, but with a lighter, more bluish green. |
 Variant flag of Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic | |
| Use | Co-official national flag   |
| Proportion | 1:2 |
| Adopted | 12 April 2017 |
| Design | Duplicate of the flag of Russia, but with a different ratio (1:2 instead of 2:3) |
 Variant flag of Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic | |
| Use | Civil flag and ensign    (Reverse side of state flag/ensign) |
| Proportion | 1:2 |
| Design | Three horizontal bands of red, green and red. |
 Variant flag of Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic | |
| Use | Presidential standard |
| Proportion | 1:1 |
| Design | Three horizontal bands of red, green and red bearing the coat of arms of Transnitria in the centre. |
 Variant flag of Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic | |
| Use | Customs Flag |
| Proportion | 1:2 |
| Adopted | Unknown |
| Design | The customs flag is dark green with two thin red stripes at the bottom, representing the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic's flag. In the center, there are two crossed yellow and golden caduceuses. |
History
[change | change source]The flag of the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic was the flag of the republic until December 1991. When Moldova became independent, some places in Transnistria refused to fly the new Moldovan flag and kept flying the flag of the Soviet Union. Many people still liked the old Moldavian SSR flag, so it was officially brought back as the flag of Transnistria in 1991. Even though the flag and coat of arms have socialist symbols, Transnistria is not a socialist state.
The original flag and its description are kept in the official residence of the President of Transnistria.[2]
In 2009, the Supreme Council talked about changing the civil flag, which is just red-green-red without the hammer and sickle. They wanted a new flag with three horizontal stripes in white, blue, and red, almost the same as the flag of Russia, but with a different size ratio (1:2 instead of Russia's 2:3).[3] The main reason for the co-official national flag is to show that Transnistria wants closer ties with Russia, which supports Transnistria's claim of independence from Moldova. In a 2006 referendum, 97.2% of Transnistrians voted to have closer ties with Russia. The new flag is used alongside the state flag. In April 2017, the Supreme Council decided to make the new design Transnistria's co-official national flag.[4]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "The country that doesn't exist".
- ↑ "Официальный сайт Президента Приднестровской Молдавской Республики – Закон ПМР "О ГОСУДАРСТВЕННОМ ФЛАГЕ ПРИДНЕСТРОВСКОЙ МОЛДАВСКОЙ РЕСПУБЛИКИ" – Законы". Official Site of the President of the PMR (Law of the Flag).
- ↑
Moldova.org: Transnistria considers broadening its state symbols Archived 18 August 2009 at the Wayback Machine (5 May 2009)
Supreme Council – parliamentary news: On state insignia (2 June 2009)
Supreme Council – parliamentary news: Reaffirming commitment to harmonization of PMR and RF legislation (28 May 2009) - ↑ "В ПМР российский флаг разрешили использовать наравне с государственным" (in Russian). RIA Novosti. 12 April 2017.