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{{expand Russian|topic=geo|Флаг Татарстана|date=June 2024}}
{{distinguish|text=the [[flag of Chechnya]]}}
{{Infobox flag
| Name = Tatarstan
| Image = Flag of Tatarstan.svg
| Proportion = 1:2
| Adoption = 29 November 1991
| Design = Red and green divided by a white fimbriation.
| Designer = Tawil Xaciäxmätov}} 

The [[state flag]] of [[Tatarstan]] ({{Langx|tt|Татарстан байрагы|Tatarstan bayrağı}}), a [[Republics of Russia|republic]] of [[Russia]], was introduced in 1991.

== Design ==
The national flag of the Republic of Tatarstan consists of a rectangular panel with horizontal stripes of green, white and red. The white stripe is 1/15 of the flag's width and is located between equal-width stripes of green and red. The green stripe is at the top. The ratio of the flag's width to its length is 1:2."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Государственный флаг Республики Татарстан |url=https://tatarica.org/ru/razdely/respublika-tatarstan/gosudarstvennyj-flag-respubliki-tatarstan}}</ref>

According to official explanation;

* Red band symbolizes fight for happiness, bravery and courage
* White band symbolizes peace, concord and honest future
* Green band symbolizes hope, freedom and wealth.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tatarstan (Russia) |url=https://www.fotw.info/flags/ru-16.html}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! width=100|Colors<ref>{{Cite web |title=Государственный флаг РТ |url=http://kitaphane.tatarstan.ru/state_symbols/flag_rt.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161105195402/http://kitaphane.tatarstan.ru/state_symbols/flag_rt.htm |archive-date=2016-11-05 |access-date=2025-07-03 |website=kitaphane.tatarstan.ru |language=ru}}</ref>
! width=100 style="background-color:#008000"|<span style="color:#ffffff">Green</span>
! width=100 style="background-color:#FF0000"|<span style="color:#ffffff">Red</span>
|- align="center"
| [[CMYK]]
| 100, 0, 100, 0
| 0, 100, 100, 0
|- align="center"
| [[Pantone]]
| 354 °C
| 179C
|- align=center
| [[RGB]]
| 97 174 86
| 193 51 35
|- align=center
| HEX
| #61AE56
| #C13323
|}
== History ==
The Supreme Council of the Tatar Soviet Socialist Republic adopted the flag on 29 November 1991 in its present form.<ref name="nlibrary">{{cite web |title=The State Flag of the Republic of Tatarstan |url=https://kitaphane.tatarstan.ru/eng/state_symbols/flag_rt.htm |website=National Library of the Republic of Tatarstan |access-date=3 September 2022}}</ref> It was designed by T.G. Khaziakhmetov (Tawil Xaciəxmətov).<ref>{{cite web |title=Symbols, awards, holidays |url=https://tatarstan.ru/eng/about/symbols.htm |website=Official Tatarstan |access-date=3 September 2022}}</ref>

The Tatar Encyclopedia states: "The flag is a state symbol that expresses the sovereignty of the Republic of Tatarstan, the identity and traditions of the people of Tatarstan.

Tatar nationalists such as the [[All-Tatar Public Center]] use a different flag, divided diagonally by red and green and containing a white [[star and crescent]] in the center.

=== Historical flags ===
<gallery>
File:Golden Horde flag 1339.svg|[[Golden Horde]]
File:Flag of Tartary.svg|[[Khanate of Kazan]]
File:Flag of Idel-Ural State.svg|[[Idel-Ural State]] (1918)
File:Flag of Tatar ASSR (1926-1937).svg|[[Tatar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic|Tatar ASSR]] (1926–1937)
File:Flag of Tatar ASSR (1937-1939).svg|Tatar ASSR (1937–1939)
File:Flag of Tatar ASSR (1939-1954).svg|Tatar ASSR (1939–1954)
File:Flag of Tatar ASSR (1954).svg|Tatar ASSR (1954–1978)
File:Flag of Tatar ASSR.svg|Tatar ASSR (1978–1991)
File:Tatar Nationalist Flag.svg|Flag of Tatar nationalists
</gallery>

=== Proposed flags ===
<gallery>
File:Flag of Tatarstan 1991 proposal.svg|Flag proposed by a special commission in 1991
</gallery>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Symbols of Tatarstan}}
{{Flags of Russia}}

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