Flag of Kyrgyzstan: Difference between revisions

| Symbol = {{FIAV|111111}} {{FIAV|normal}} {{FIAV|Mirror}}

| Proportion = 3:5

| Design = A red field charged with a yellow sun with forty uniformly spaced rays, representing the forty clans united in legend by Manas; the sun is crossed by two sets of three lines, representing the traditional Kyrgyz yurt.

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Under [[Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic|Soviet rule]], the [[Republics of the Soviet Union|Union Republic]] — coterminous with modern-day [[Kyrgyzstan]] — utilized a flag derived from the [[flag of the Soviet Union]] and [[Communist symbolism|representing Communism]], that was adopted in 1953.{{cite encyclopedia|first=Whitney|last=Smith|encyclopedia=Encyclopedia Britannica|title=Flag of Kyrgyzstan|url=http://www.britannica.com/topic/flag-of-Kyrgyzstan|date=February 9, 2001|access-date=March 23, 2017|publisher=Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc.}} It declared itself independent on 31 August 1991, approximately four months before the [[dissolution of the Soviet Union]].{{cite web|title=Kyrgyzstan|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/kyrgyzstan/|access-date=March 23, 2017|work=The World Factbook|publisher=CIA}} Nevertheless, the Soviet-era flag maintained its status as the national flag for seven months after independence was declared. It was finally replaced by the current design on 3 March 1992, one day after Kyrgyzstan was admitted to the United Nations along with seven other post-Soviet states.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZauSgqSl6ekC&pg=PA194|title=Complete Flags of the World|publisher=Dorling Kindersley Ltd.|date=November 3, 2008|last=Kindersley|first=Dorling|page=194|isbn=9781405338615|access-date=March 23, 2017}}