This one’s. bit of an odd one, it isn’t frequent that I post flags that represent people rather than places, but this one counts as a place, and just keep reading to see why. The Circassians are an ethnic group from the northwestern part of the Caucasians (i.e. Georgia/Russia) that are descendants of residents of an old nation named Circassia. They were sadly exiled from … Continue reading Good Flag: Circassian flag
There’s no shortage of weird Russian oblast flags, but here is my personal favorite: Penza Oblast, Russia. You can obviously tell why I chose the reason… It looks like Jesus is disapprovingly looking at something, and what is it? Well, only God his father knows. But my best educated guess is that someone stole his parking space…what other reason is there?! Continue reading Bad/Weird Flag: Penza Oblast, Russia
Every time I see this flag, I am reminded of that beautiful Bible quote: … And the Lord spake, saying, “First shalt thou take out the Holy Pin. Then shalt thou count to three, no more, no less. Three shall be the number thou shalt count, and the number of the counting shall be three. Four shalt thou not count, neither count thou two, excepting that … Continue reading Good Flag: Vologda, Russia
This is probably the best city flag in all of Russia. And I mean all. If you don’t know why a bear is manhandling an atom on the flag, here is the city history of Zhleznogorsk (whew!). Zhleznogorsk was founded for one purpose and one purpose only: weapons-grade plutonium. It was the 50s, WWII was over, and the USA was at the beginning of the … Continue reading Good Flag: Zhleznogorsk, Russia
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