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{{Short description|Flag of the Russian republic of Ichkeria}}
{{distinguish|text=the [[flag of Tatarstan]]}}
{{Infobox flag
| Name = Chechen Republic
| Article = 
| Image = Flag of the Chechen Republic.svg
| Alt = 
| Noborder = <!-- Leave blank for rectangular flag; for non-rectangular flag, type "no". -->
| Nickname = 
| Morenicks = 
| Use = 
| Symbol = <!-- |Use="6-digit FIAV usage code" is required. -->
| Proportion = 2:3
| Adoption = {{start date and age|2004|06|22}}
| Design = A horizontal tricolor of green (representing Islam), white (representing peace or the [[Caucasus Mountains]]) and red (representing bloodshed). The national ornament is at the white band at the hoist.
| Designer = 
| Image2 = Standard of the President of the Chechen Republic.svg
| Use2 = Standard of the [[president of the Chechen Republic]]
| Adoption2 = 2020
}}
The '''flag of Chechnya''' ({{Langx|ce|Нохчийчоьнан байракх|translit=Noxçiyçönan bayraq}}) is a [[rectangle]] with sides in the ratio 2:3 representing the [[Chechen Republic]], a republic of [[Russia]]. The flag is composed of three horizontal bars of, from top to bottom: [[green]], representing [[Islam]]; white; and [[red]]; superimposed on them is a narrow vertical [[white]] band at the hoist, containing the national ornament, a design of four [[gold]]en [[scroll]] shapes.

This flag, introduced in 1982, is primarily used by the [[government]] of Chechnya while the pro-independence flags are commonly used by opposition forces.

==Historic flags==
From 1957 to 1978, the [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] flag of the [[Chechen-Ingush ASSR]] was based on the [[flag of Russian SFSR|flag of the Russian SFSR]] with the addition of a blue vertical bar on the hoist side and the abbreviated name of the Republic (''НГӀАССР'' in [[Chechen language|Chechen]] and [[Ingush language|Ingush]], and ''ЧИАССР'' in [[Russian language|Russian]]).

In 1978, these abbreviated names were replaced with the full versions: ''ЧЕЧЕНО-ИНГУШСКАЯ АССР'' in Russian, ''НОХЧ-ГӀАЛГӀАЙН АССР'' in Chechen, and ''НОХЧ-ГӀАЛГӀАЙ АССР'' in Ingush.

{| class="wikitable"
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!Flag
!Date
!Use
!Description
|-
|[[File:Flag of medieval vainakh.jpg|border|150x150px]]
|
|Flag of [[Durdzuks|Dzurdzuk]] and [[Princedom of Simsim]]
|Plain dark red flag
|-
|[[File:Flag of the Sheikh Mansur Movement.png|border|150x150px]]
|
|The flag of Chechnya from the end of 1785 until March 8, 1840
|
|-
|[[File:Caucasian Imamate.svg|border|150x150px]]
|19th century
|Flag of the [[Caucasian Imamate]]
|
|-
|[[File:Flag of the North Caucasian Emirate.svg|border|150x150px]]
|1919–1920
|Flag of the [[North Caucasian Emirate]]
|A plain green flag with a crecent tilted to face upwards, and 3 stars on the top.
|-
|[[File:Flag of the Mountain Republic.svg|border|150x150px]]
|
|Flag of the [[Mountainous Republic of the Northern Caucasus|Mountain Republic]]
|
|-
|[[File:Флаг шейха Али Митаева.svg|border|150x150px]]
|
|Flag of [[Ali Mitayev|Ali Mitaev]]
|
|-
|[[File:Flag of the Chechen-Ingush ASSR (1937-1944).gif|border|150x150px]]
|1937–1944
|Flag of the [[Checheno-Ingush Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic|Chechen-Ingush ASSR]] 
|
|-
|[[File:Flag of the Chechen-Ingush ASSR (1957-1978).svg|border|150x150px]]
|1957–1978
|Flag of the [[Checheno-Ingush Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic|Chechen-Ingush ASSR]] 
|
|-
|[[File:Flag of the Chechen-Ingush ASSR.svg|border|150x150px]]
|1978–1991
|Flag of the [[Checheno-Ingush Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic|Chechen-Ingush ASSR]] 
|
|}

===1991–2000===
Several flags have been used by the supporters of the [[Chechen Republic of Ichkeria]]. The most common of these is the green flag with the red and white stripes. Its proportions are approximately 7:11. The color scheme is green, white, red, white, green, with the upper two-thirds of the flag in green and the remaining one third in white, red, white and green stripes of equal width, the width ratio of which is 8:1:1:1:1.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/ru-ce_h9.html|title=Independentist flag of Chechnya (Russia, 1990s)|website=www.crwflags.com}}</ref> Another well-known example is similar to this flag but has the country's [[coat of arms]] incorporated into the design. Each color is meant to symbolize an aspect of the Chechen national character. Green is the color of life, red symbolizes the bloodshed in the struggle for freedom and white represents the road to a bright future.<ref name="auto"/> These flags were mainly used by supporters of [[Dzhokhar Dudayev]], [[Aslan Maskhadov]] and their successors. Apart from these several other designs have been used by different factions of the [[Independence|independentist]] movement, and even single sides used different flags at the same time.
{| class="wikitable"
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!Flag
!Date
!Use
!Description
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|[[File:Flag of Chechen Republic of Ichkeria.svg|border|150x150px]]
|1991–2000
|National flag of the [[Chechen Republic of Ichkeria]]
|
|-
|[[File:State Flag of Chechen Republic of Ichkeria.svg|border|150x150px]]
|1991–2000
|Variant flag of the [[Chechen Republic of Ichkeria]]
|National Flag of the [[Chechen Republic of Ichkeria]] with coat of arms.
|-
|[[File:Flag of Chechen Republic of Ichkeria (Variant).svg|border|150x150px]]
|1991-2000
|Variant flag of the [[Chechen Republic of Ichkeria]]
|National Flag of the [[Chechen Republic of Ichkeria]] with the bottom green stripe removed.
|-
|[[File:Flag of the All-National Congress of the Chechen People.svg|border|150x150px]]
|1990–1996
|Flag of the [[All-National Congress of the Chechen People]]
|National flag of the [[All-National Congress of the Chechen People]]
|-
|[[File:Flag of the Islamic Jamaat of Ichkeria.svg|border|150x150px]]
|2005–2007
|Flag used by the [[Caucasian Front (militant group)|Caucasus Emirate]]
|
|}

====Loyalist opposition====
The pro-Moscow opposition to Dudayev used a flag of similar design with the main difference being the inversion of the red and white stripes. <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/ru-ce_ru.html|title=Pro-Russian flag of Chechnya (Russia, 1990s)|website=www.crwflags.com}}</ref> It has not been used since it was replaced by the current flag of the Chechen Republic.
{| class="wikitable"
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!Flag
!Date
!Use
!Description
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|[[File:Flag of the VSChR.png|border|150x150px]]
|1993-1996
|Flag of the Provisional Council of the Chechen Republic, [[Umar Avturkhanov]]'s faction.
|-
|[[File:Flag of the Chechen Republic (before 2004).svg|border|150x150px]]
|1996–2004
|Pro-Russian Chechen flag.
|
|}

== Other flags ==

=== Administrative divisions ===
{| class="wikitable"
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!Flag
!Date
!Use
!
|-
|[[File:Flag of Grozny (Chechnya).svg|border|150x150px]]
|2000?–Present
|Flag of [[Grozny]]
|Green background with the red and white stripes, and a drawing of the [[Akhmad Kadyrov Mosque]] on the green side.
|-
|[[File:Flag of Argun (Chechnya).svg|border|150x150px]]
|2010–present
| rowspan="2" |Flag of [[Argun, Chechen Republic|Argun]]
|
|-
|[[File:Flag of Argun (Chechnya) (2010).svg|border|150x150px]]
|?–2010
|
|-
|[[File:Flag of Achkhoy-Martanovsky District.gif|border|150x150px]]
|?–present
|Flag of [[Achkhoy-Martanovsky District]]
|
|-
|[[File:Flag of Groznensky district.svg|border|150x150px]]
|?–present
|Flag of [[Groznensky District]]
|
|-
|[[File:Flag of Gudermessky District (2021).gif|border|150x150px]]
|2021–present
| rowspan="2" |Flag of [[Gudermessky District]]
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|-
|[[File:Flag of Gudermessky District (2020).png|border|150x150px]]
|2020–2021
|
|-
|[[File:Itum kala r fl.gif|border|150x150px]]
|?–present
|Flag of [[Itum-Kalinsky District]]
|
|-
|[[File:Flag of Kurchaloyevsky District.png|border|150x150px]]
|?–present
|Flag of [[Kurchaloyevsky District]]
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|-
|[[File:Flag of Nadterechny District.gif|border|150x150px]]
|?–present
|Flag of [[Nadterechny District]]
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|-
|[[File:Naurski district flag.gif|border|150x150px]]
|?–present
|Flag of [[Naursky District]]
|
|-
|[[File:Flag of Nozhay-Yurtovsky District.png|border|150x150px]]
|?–present
|Flag of [[Nozhay-Yurtovsky District]]
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|-
|[[File:Flag of Sernovodsky District.gif|border|150x150px]]
|?–present
|Flag of [[Sernovodsky District]]
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|-
|[[File:Flag of Shalinsky District (Chechnya).png|border|150x150px]]
|?–present
|Flag of [[Shalinsky District, Chechnya|Shalinsky District]]
|
|-
|[[File:Flag of Sharoysky District.gif|border|150x150px]]
|?–present
|Flag of [[Sharoysky District]]
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|-
|[[File:Flag of Shatoysky District.png|border|150x150px]]
|?–present
|Flag of [[Shatoysky District]]
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|-
|[[File:Flag of Shelkovskoy District.jpg|border|150x150px]]
|?–present
|Flag of [[Shelkovskoy District]]
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|-
|[[File:Flag of Urus-Martanovsky district.png|border|150x150px]]
|?–present
|Flag of [[Urus-Martanovsky District]]
|
|-
|[[File:Vedeno district flag.jpg|border|150x150px]]
|?–present
|Flag of [[Vedensky District]]
|
|}

== Gallery ==
{| class="wikitable"
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!Flag
!Dste
!Use
!Description
|-
|[[File:Flag of the Adat People's Movement.svg|border|150x150px]]
|2020–Present
|[[Adat People's Movement]]
|
|
|-
|[[File:Flag of Caucasian Emirate.svg|border|150x150px]]
|2007–2016
|[[Caucasus Emirate]]

|A plain black flag with the [[Shahada]] on the middle written in white, and a sword on the bottom, modeled after the flag of [[Saudi Arabia]].
|-
|[https://vexillographia.ru/russia/image%20sp/ahmat4.gif External link]
|?–Present
|Flag used by the [[Kadyrovites]]
|Identical to the current flag of Chechnya, but with the picture of [[Akhmad Kadyrov|Akhmat Kadyrov]] on the center.<ref>{{cite web |title=chechnya |url=https://vexillographia.ru/russia/subjects/chechnya.htm |website=vexillographia.ru |access-date=4 June 2025}}</ref>
|-
|}

==See also==
*[[Coat of arms of the Chechen Republic]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Commonscatinline}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080220025937/http://www.crwflags.com/FOTW/flags/ru-ce.html Flags of the World: Chechenia]

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