The National Flag of the Republic of Azerbaijan

On November 9, 1918, the Government of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic accepted the first tri-color of Azerbaijan. After the collapse of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic on April 28, 1920, and the establishment of the Soviet regime this flag was banned. The flag was restored by the order of the Supreme Majlis of the Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic and was declared the national flag of the Autonomous Republic on November 17, 1990. At the same time the Supreme Majlis of the Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic formally requested the Supreme Council of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic for recognition of the tri-color as a national flag of Azerbaijan. On February 5, 1991, the Supreme Council of the Republic of Azerbaijan considered the request of the Supreme Majlis of Nakhichevan and approved the tri-color as the national flag of the Republic of Azerbaijan. The national flag of the Republic of Azerbaijan consists of three equal strips. The upper strip is of blue color, the middle - red, and the lower is green. The blue strip indicates the Turkic origin of the Azerbaijani people, the red color points out to the intention to create a modern society and to develop democracy, and the green strip means connection with the Islamic civilization. In the middle of the red strip on both sides of the flag there are white-color crescent and an eight-point star. The ratio between the width and the length of the flag is 1 to 2.