List of Azerbaijani flags

This is a list of flags used in Azerbaijan.

National flag
FlagDateUseDescription 100px  1991  Flag of the Republic of Azerbaijan  Tricolor with three horizontal stripes, the upper stripe of blue color, the middle stripe red and the lower one green with a white crescent and eight-pointed star in the middle of the red stripe on both sides of the flag. The proportion of the width to the length is 1 to 2.

 Governmental flags 

FlagDateUseDescription 100px  1992–present Presidential standard National tricolor with the coat of arms in the center 100px  2004–present Presidential standard  (at sea) Naval ensign with national tricolor and the coat of arms in the center

Military flags
FlagDateUseDescription 100px  1991  Flag of the Azerbaijani Land Forces  100px  1991  Ensign of the Azerbaijani Navy  As Azerbaijan was formerly a Soviet republic, the naval ensign of Azerbaijan closely resembles the old Soviet equivalent; a star and crescent replaces the red star, a blue anchor replaces the hammer and sickle, and what used to be a simple light blue stripe at the bottom of the flag has been replaced by a wavy sort of pattern. 100px  1991  Flag of the State Border Service of Azerbaijan  A green flag with the flag of the Navy in the upper left corner 100px  1991  Flag of the Azerbaijani Air and Air Defence Force 

Historical flags
FlagDateUseDescription 100px|border  1858–1883  Flag of the Russian Empire  A rectangular flag with three equal horizontal stripes: the upper stripe black, middle stripe yellow, and lower stripe white. 100px|border  1883–1917  Flag of the Russian Empire  A rectangular flag with three equal horizontal stripes: the upper stripe white, middle stripe blue, and lower stripe red. The ratio of the width of the flag to its length is 2 to 3. 100px|border  1813–1917  Ensign of theImperial Russian Navy  A blue saltire on a white field 100px  1918  Flag of theCentrocaspian Dictatorship Three horizontal stripes, the upper and lower stripes of light blue color and the middle stripe red. 100px  1918  Flag ofAzerbaijan Democratic Republic  Source for the design of the current flag 1918  Flag of the Baku Commune  Bears the text Бакинскiй Совнаркомь (Bakinskiy Sovnarkom) 100px  1918–1920  Flag ofAzerbaijan Democratic Republic  Same as current flag 100px  1920–1921  Flag of the Azerbaijan Socialist Soviet Republic  100px  1930s - 1936  Flag of the Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic  Later flag of the Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic 100px  1937–1940  Flag of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic  100px  1940–1952  Flag of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic  100px  1952–1991  Flag of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic  Last flag of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republicborder|100px Reverse flagAll flags of the constituent republics of the Soviet Union did not bear the hammer and sickle on their reverse  side (back side). 100px  1937–1940  Flag of the Nakhichevan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic One version of the flag of the Nakhichevan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. Later versions show the text "Нахчыван МССР" (Naxçıvan MSSR, meaning Nakhichevan ASSR), placed on the flag of the Azerbaijan SSR of the time, without the Armenian name. 100px  1952–1991  Flag of the Nakhichevan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic  Last flag of the Nakhichevan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic 100px  1922–1923  Flag of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics   100px  1923–1924  Flag of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics   100px  1924–1936  Flag of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics   100px  1936–1955  Flag of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics  A red flag, with the image at its upper left corner of a gold hammer and sickle, and above them a red five-pointed star, framed in gold. The ratio of width to length is 1:2. 100px  1955–1980  Flag of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics  Slight change of the hammer and sickle design from the previous Soviet national flag 100px  1980–1991  Flag of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics  Slightly brighter red from the previous Soviet national flag 100px  1946–1991  Flag of the Soviet Army  100px|border  1924–1935  Ensign of theNaval Fleet of the USSR  100px|border  1935–1950  Ensign of theNaval Fleet of the USSR  100px|border  1950–1992  Ensign of theNaval Fleet of the USSR  Slight modification from previous design

Flags of municipalities and cities
FlagDateDescription    Flag of Baku

References

Flags
Category:Flags of Azerbaijan