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"Siberia" usually refers to the asian part of Russia,
sensu strictu not including the Russian Far-East, on the pacific rim.
Currently the russian government somewhat recognizes Siberia as two of the
level “economic regions”, in which the first order
divisions are aggregated: Western Siberia is made up of
Altay,
Altay Territory,
Kemerovo Region,
Novosibirsk Region,
Omsk Region,
Tomsk Region and
Tyumen Region (including
Yugra and
Yamal); while
Eastern Siberia is made up of
Buriatia,
Chita Region (including
Agin Buriatia),
Irkutsk Region (including
Ust-Ord Buriatia)
Khakassia,
Krasnoyarsk Territory (including
Evenkia and
Taymyr) and
Tuva.
The Far East economic region, also a part of Siberia (sensu lato),
is made up of
Amur Territory,
Chukotka,
Jewish Autonomous Region,
Kamchatka Region (including
Koryakia),
Khabarovsk Territory,
Magadan Region,
Maritime Territory,
Sakhalina Territory and
Yakutia.
António Martins, 11 Dez 1998
image by António Martins-Tuválkin, 18 Jan 2009
White and green are the traditional Siberian colours since approx. 1918
Victor Lomantsov, 11 Apr 2000
Various official republics within the Siberian region, as well as a
number of unofficial groupings, have adopted flags in the traditional Siberian
colours of white over green. This colour combination forms the basis of a
distinctive “family” of flags, just as red, white and blue stripes are
associated with the Slavs and red, green, yellow and/or black form the
pan-African colours.
In its “pure” form, the white over green flag is used by separatists. The
colours stand for the the snows and the taiga (forests) of Siberia and are
believed to date back to 1865.
Stuart Notholt, 13 Oct 1995
On our Siberian page, we have a wrong order of the triangles
of the 1917 flag
of Siberia (Victor Lomantsov's page has it right with the description of the flag
given by the deputy
Kazantsev to the Conference of Siberian Civic Organizations in August of 1917)
Another source for that description is at:
http://www.zaimka.ru/white/zhuravlev2.shtml
and another yet at:
http://bergenschild.narod.ru/Reconstruction/depot/civil_war/white_government_flags.htm
Chrystian Kretowicz, 17 Jan 2009
Flags used by Siberian autonomists were 1917-1918:
28 Oct 1917 - 4 Nov 1918
Siberian diagonal W-G bicolor
14 Feb 1918 - 26 May 1918 Central Executive
Committee of Soviets of Siberia "Tsentrosibir" plain red flag
26 May 1918 - 4
Nov 1918 alternate flag (as used by Siberian troops) horizontal bicolor
green-white
Western Siberia rebellion: 1921 Tobolsk federation (one of
several flags) horizontal bicolor red-green
Janis Lasmanis / Ben Cahoon,
20 January 2019
image by Ben Cahoon, 19 January 2019
This is less known and less used flag, than
diagonal white-green.
Wadim Kiva, 20 Nov 1999
This flag was flown briefly (1917-18) by the
autonomous government of Siberia.
Stuart Notholt, 13 Oct 1995
This alternate Siberian flag was used by Siberian military units 26 May - 4
Nov. 1918.
Janis Lasmanis / Ben Cahoon, 19 January 2019
image by Chrystian Kretowicz, 17 Jan 2009An interesting (IMVHO) flag displayed during the demonstration in Irkutsk in July 2008. For several years now these demonstrations take place in Irkutsk, Omsk, Tomsk and other Siberian cities to commemorate the Day of Independence of Siberia. It refers to the Declaration of Independence promulgated on 17th of July, 1918 (4th of July according to the Julian calendar in use in Russia of that time) by the Provisional Government of Autonomous Siberia (Временное правительство автономной Сибири) in Omsk under the leadership of Pyotr Vasilyevich Vologodskiy (Пётр Васильевич Вологодский).
The flag shows a snow tiger carrying a sable in its teeth on the white
band of the white over green horizontal bi-color. The charge like
that is included in the old coat of arms of Irkutsk
of 1790 and the seal of 1690.
Chrystian Kretowicz, 17 Jan 2009
image by Željko Heimer
An unofficial grouping, the United States of Northern Asia uses the
same flag, but with the addition of five blue stars.
Stuart Notholt, 13 Oct 1995
This flag, with medium blue stars, is listed under number 129 at the
chart Flags of Aspirant Peoples [eba94]
as: "United States of North Asia - Siberia".
Ivan Sache, 15 Sep 1999