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class="vector-toc-numb">3.4</span> <span>Democratic Republic of Georgia (1918–1921)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Democratic_Republic_of_Georgia_(1918–1921)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Georgian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_(1921–1991)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Georgian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_(1921–1991)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.5</span> <span>Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic (1921–1991)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Georgian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_(1921–1991)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Georgia_(1991–2004)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Georgia_(1991–2004)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.6</span> <span>Georgia (1991–2004)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Georgia_(1991–2004)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> 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href="https://ab.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D2%9A%D1%8B%D1%80%D2%AD%D1%82%D3%99%D1%8B%D0%BB%D0%B0_%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B0%D2%9F" title="Қырҭтәыла абираҟ – Abkhazian" lang="ab" hreflang="ab" data-title="Қырҭтәыла абираҟ" data-language-autonym="Аԥсшәа" data-language-local-name="Abkhazian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Аԥсшәа</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%85_%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%A7" title="علم جورجيا – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="علم جورجيا" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%BCrc%C3%BCstan_bayra%C4%9F%C4%B1" title="Gürcüstan bayrağı – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Gürcüstan bayrağı" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ban mw-list-item"><a href="https://ban.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kob%C3%A9r_Georgia" title="Kobér Georgia – Balinese" lang="ban" hreflang="ban" data-title="Kobér Georgia" data-language-autonym="Basa Bali" data-language-local-name="Balinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Basa Bali</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%86%D1%8F%D0%B3_%D0%93%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B7%D1%96%D1%96" title="Сцяг Грузіі – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Сцяг Грузіі" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%8C%D1%86%D1%8F%D0%B3_%D0%93%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B7%D1%96%D1%96" title="Сьцяг Грузіі – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Сьцяг Грузіі" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B0%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BD%D0%BE_%D0%B7%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B5_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%93%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B7%D0%B8%D1%8F" title="Национално знаме на Грузия – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Национално знаме на Грузия" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zastava_Gruzije" title="Zastava Gruzije – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Zastava Gruzije" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandera_de_Ge%C3%B2rgia" title="Bandera de Geòrgia – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Bandera de Geòrgia" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gruz%C3%ADnsk%C3%A1_vlajka" title="Gruzínská vlajka – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Gruzínská vlajka" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baner_Georgia" title="Baner Georgia – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Baner Georgia" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgiens_flag" title="Georgiens flag – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Georgiens flag" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flagge_Georgiens" title="Flagge Georgiens – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Flagge Georgiens" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gruusia_lipp" title="Gruusia lipp – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Gruusia lipp" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A3%CE%B7%CE%BC%CE%B1%CE%AF%CE%B1_%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%82_%CE%93%CE%B5%CF%89%CF%81%CE%B3%CE%AF%CE%B1%CF%82" title="Σημαία της Γεωργίας – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Σημαία της Γεωργίας" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandera_de_Georgia" title="Bandera de Georgia – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Bandera de Georgia" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flago_de_Kartvelio" title="Flago de Kartvelio – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Flago de Kartvelio" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgiako_bandera" title="Georgiako bandera – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Georgiako bandera" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D8%B1%DA%86%D9%85_%DA%AF%D8%B1%D8%AC%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86" title="پرچم گرجستان – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="پرچم گرجستان" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr badge-Q17437798 badge-goodarticle mw-list-item" title="good article badge"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drapeau_de_la_G%C3%A9orgie" title="Drapeau de la Géorgie – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Drapeau de la Géorgie" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandeira_de_Xeorxia" title="Bandeira de Xeorxia – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Bandeira de Xeorxia" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gu mw-list-item"><a href="https://gu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AA%9C%E0%AB%8D%E0%AA%AF%E0%AB%8B%E0%AA%B0%E0%AB%8D%E0%AA%9C%E0%AB%80%E0%AA%AF%E0%AA%BE_(%E0%AA%A6%E0%AB%87%E0%AA%B6)%E0%AA%A8%E0%AB%8B_%E0%AA%B0%E0%AA%BE%E0%AA%B7%E0%AB%8D%E0%AA%9F%E0%AB%8D%E0%AA%B0%E0%AA%A7%E0%AB%8D%E0%AA%B5%E0%AA%9C" title="જ્યોર્જીયા (દેશ)નો રાષ્ટ્રધ્વજ – Gujarati" lang="gu" hreflang="gu" data-title="જ્યોર્જીયા (દેશ)નો રાષ્ટ્રધ્વજ" data-language-autonym="ગુજરાતી" data-language-local-name="Gujarati" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ગુજરાતી</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%A1%B0%EC%A7%80%EC%95%84%EC%9D%98_%EA%B5%AD%EA%B8%B0" title="조지아의 국기 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="조지아의 국기" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8E%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%BD%D5%BF%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%AB_%D5%A4%D6%80%D5%B8%D5%B7" title="Վրաստանի դրոշ – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Վրաստանի դրոշ" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%89%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%A7%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%9C" title="जॉर्जिया का ध्वज – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="जॉर्जिया का ध्वज" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zastava_Gruzije" title="Zastava Gruzije – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Zastava Gruzije" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bpy mw-list-item"><a href="https://bpy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE_(%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B7%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9F%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0)%E0%A6%B0_%E0%A6%AB%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8" title="জর্জিয়া (রাষ্ট্র)র ফিরালহান – Bishnupriya" lang="bpy" hreflang="bpy" data-title="জর্জিয়া (রাষ্ট্র)র ফিরালহান" data-language-autonym="বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী" data-language-local-name="Bishnupriya" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bendera_Georgia" title="Bendera Georgia – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Bendera Georgia" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-os mw-list-item"><a href="https://os.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D1%83%D1%8B%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B7%D1%8B%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%8B_%D1%82%D1%8B%D1%80%D1%8B%D1%81%D0%B0" title="Гуырдзыстоны тырыса – Ossetic" lang="os" hreflang="os" data-title="Гуырдзыстоны тырыса" data-language-autonym="Ирон" data-language-local-name="Ossetic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ирон</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%C3%A1ni_Georg%C3%ADu" title="Fáni Georgíu – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Fáni Georgíu" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandiera_della_Georgia" title="Bandiera della Georgia – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Bandiera della Georgia" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%93%D7%92%D7%9C_%D7%92%D7%90%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%92%D7%99%D7%94" title="דגל גאורגיה – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="דגל גאורגיה" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv mw-list-item"><a href="https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gend%C3%A9ra_Georgia" title="Gendéra Georgia – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="Gendéra Georgia" data-language-autonym="Jawa" data-language-local-name="Javanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Jawa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a 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href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%A1%E1%83%90%E1%83%A5%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A0%E1%83%97%E1%83%A3%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A8_%E1%83%A1%E1%83%90%E1%83%AE%E1%83%94%E1%83%9C%E1%83%AC%E1%83%B7%E1%83%A4%E1%83%9D_%E1%83%A8%E1%83%98%E1%83%9A%E1%83%90" title="საქორთუოშ სახენწჷფო შილა – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="საქორთუოშ სახენწჷფო შილა" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>მარგალური</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%85_%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%A7" title="علم جورجيا – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="علم جورجيا" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bendera_Georgia" title="Bendera Georgia – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Bendera Georgia" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vlag_van_Georgi%C3%AB" title="Vlag van Georgië – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Vlag van Georgië" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A2%E3%81%AE%E5%9B%BD%E6%97%97" title="ジョージアの国旗 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ジョージアの国旗" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgias_flagg" title="Georgias flagg – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Georgias flagg" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Det_georgiske_flagget" title="Det georgiske flagget – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Det georgiske flagget" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gruziya_bayrog%CA%BBi" title="Gruziya bayrogʻi – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Gruziya bayrogʻi" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flaga_Gruzji" title="Flaga Gruzji – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Flaga Gruzji" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandeira_da_Ge%C3%B3rgia" title="Bandeira da Geórgia – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Bandeira da Geórgia" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drapelul_Georgiei" title="Drapelul Georgiei – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Drapelul Georgiei" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B3_%D0%93%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B7%D0%B8%D0%B8" title="Флаг Грузии – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Флаг Грузии" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banner_o_Georgie_(kintra)" title="Banner o Georgie (kintra) – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Banner o Georgie (kintra)" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flamuri_i_Gjeorgjis%C3%AB_(shteti)" title="Flamuri i Gjeorgjisë (shteti) – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Flamuri i Gjeorgjisë (shteti)" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Georgia_(country)" title="Flag of Georgia (country) – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Flag of Georgia (country)" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vlajka_Gruz%C3%ADnska" title="Vlajka Gruzínska – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Vlajka Gruzínska" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl 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data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgian_lippu" title="Georgian lippu – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Georgian lippu" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgiens_flagga" title="Georgiens flagga – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Georgiens flagga" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tl mw-list-item"><a href="https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watawat_ng_Heorhiya" title="Watawat ng Heorhiya – Tagalog" lang="tl" hreflang="tl" data-title="Watawat ng Heorhiya" 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.mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox"><caption class="infobox-title">Georgia</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="display:none"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Georgia.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_Georgia.svg/255px-Flag_of_Georgia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="255" height="170" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_Georgia.svg/383px-Flag_of_Georgia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_Georgia.svg/510px-Flag_of_Georgia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Five Cross Flag</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Vexillological_symbol" title="Vexillological symbol">Use</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/National_flag" title="National flag">National flag</a>, <a href="/wiki/Civil_ensign" title="Civil ensign">civil</a> and <a href="/wiki/State_ensign" class="mw-redirect" title="State ensign">state ensign</a> <span class="mw-default-size noviewer skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:FIAV_111110.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="National flag, civil and state ensign"><img alt="Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flag" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/FIAV_111110.svg/23px-FIAV_111110.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/FIAV_111110.svg/35px-FIAV_111110.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/FIAV_111110.svg/46px-FIAV_111110.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="960" data-file-height="630" /></a></span> <span class="mw-default-size noviewer skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:FIAV_normal.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Normal or de jure version of flag, or obverse side"><img alt="Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flag" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/FIAV_normal.svg/23px-FIAV_normal.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/FIAV_normal.svg/36px-FIAV_normal.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/FIAV_normal.svg/46px-FIAV_normal.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="230" data-file-height="150" /></a></span> <span class="mw-default-size noviewer skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:IFIS_Equal.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Reverse side is congruent with obverse side"><img alt="Reverse side is congruent with obverse side" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/IFIS_Equal.svg/21px-IFIS_Equal.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/IFIS_Equal.svg/32px-IFIS_Equal.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/IFIS_Equal.svg/42px-IFIS_Equal.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="21" data-file-height="15" /></a></span> <span class="mw-default-size noviewer skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:IFIS_Vertical_normal.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Flag can be hung vertically by hoisting on a normal pole, then turning the pole 90°"><img alt="Flag can be hung vertically by hoisting on a normal pole, then turning the pole 90°" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/IFIS_Vertical_normal.svg/21px-IFIS_Vertical_normal.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/IFIS_Vertical_normal.svg/32px-IFIS_Vertical_normal.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/IFIS_Vertical_normal.svg/42px-IFIS_Vertical_normal.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="21" data-file-height="13" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Proportion</th><td class="infobox-data">2:3</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Adopted</th><td class="infobox-data">12th century (five cross flag)<br />14 January 2004<span class="noprint">; 20 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">2004-01-14</span>)</span> (current design)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Design</th><td class="infobox-data">A white field with a centred red cross; a red <a href="/wiki/Bolnisi_cross" title="Bolnisi cross"><i>Bolnur-Katskhuri</i> cross</a> centres each quarter.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="display:none"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_President_of_Georgia.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Flag_of_the_President_of_Georgia.svg/105px-Flag_of_the_President_of_Georgia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="105" height="105" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Flag_of_the_President_of_Georgia.svg/158px-Flag_of_the_President_of_Georgia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Flag_of_the_President_of_Georgia.svg/210px-Flag_of_the_President_of_Georgia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="709" data-file-height="709" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Vexillological_symbol" title="Vexillological symbol">Use</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Presidential_Standard" class="mw-redirect" title="Presidential Standard">Presidential Standard</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Proportion</th><td class="infobox-data">1:1</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="display:none"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Georgia._Standard_of_Minister_of_Defence.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Georgia._Standard_of_Minister_of_Defence.svg/105px-Georgia._Standard_of_Minister_of_Defence.svg.png" decoding="async" width="105" height="105" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Georgia._Standard_of_Minister_of_Defence.svg/158px-Georgia._Standard_of_Minister_of_Defence.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Georgia._Standard_of_Minister_of_Defence.svg/210px-Georgia._Standard_of_Minister_of_Defence.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="150" data-file-height="150" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Proportion</th><td class="infobox-data">1:1</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Design</th><td class="infobox-data">Flag of the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Defence_of_Georgia" title="Ministry of Defence of Georgia">Minister of Defence</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="display:none"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Georgia._Standard_of_Chief_of_General_Staff.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Georgia._Standard_of_Chief_of_General_Staff.svg/105px-Georgia._Standard_of_Chief_of_General_Staff.svg.png" decoding="async" width="105" height="105" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Georgia._Standard_of_Chief_of_General_Staff.svg/158px-Georgia._Standard_of_Chief_of_General_Staff.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Georgia._Standard_of_Chief_of_General_Staff.svg/210px-Georgia._Standard_of_Chief_of_General_Staff.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="150" data-file-height="150" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Proportion</th><td class="infobox-data">1:1</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Design</th><td class="infobox-data">Flag of the Chief of the General Staff</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="display:none"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_Georgian_Armed_Forces.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Flag_of_the_Georgian_Armed_Forces.svg/158px-Flag_of_the_Georgian_Armed_Forces.svg.png" decoding="async" width="158" height="105" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Flag_of_the_Georgian_Armed_Forces.svg/237px-Flag_of_the_Georgian_Armed_Forces.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Flag_of_the_Georgian_Armed_Forces.svg/315px-Flag_of_the_Georgian_Armed_Forces.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="225" data-file-height="150" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Proportion</th><td class="infobox-data">2:3</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Design</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/War_flag" title="War flag">War flag</a> of Georgia</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="display:none"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a 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typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:FIAV_000001.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="War ensign"><img alt="Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flag" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/FIAV_000001.svg/23px-FIAV_000001.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/FIAV_000001.svg/35px-FIAV_000001.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/FIAV_000001.svg/46px-FIAV_000001.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="320" data-file-height="210" /></a></span> <span class="mw-default-size noviewer skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:FIAV_normal.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Normal or de jure version of flag, or obverse side"><img alt="Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flag" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/FIAV_normal.svg/23px-FIAV_normal.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/FIAV_normal.svg/36px-FIAV_normal.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/FIAV_normal.svg/46px-FIAV_normal.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="230" data-file-height="150" /></a></span> <span class="mw-default-size noviewer skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:IFIS_Equal.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Reverse side is congruent with obverse side"><img alt="Reverse side is congruent with obverse side" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/IFIS_Equal.svg/21px-IFIS_Equal.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/IFIS_Equal.svg/32px-IFIS_Equal.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/IFIS_Equal.svg/42px-IFIS_Equal.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="21" data-file-height="15" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Proportion</th><td class="infobox-data">2:3</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Design</th><td class="infobox-data">A blue field with a white saltire bordered by green.</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>flag of Georgia</b> (<a href="/wiki/Georgian_language" title="Georgian language">Georgian</a>: <span title="Georgian-language text"><span lang="ka" style="font-style: normal;">საქართველოს სახელმწიფო დროშა</span></span>, <span style="font-size: smaller;"><a href="/wiki/Romanization_of_Georgian" title="Romanization of Georgian">romanized</a>:</span> <span lang="ka-Latn" style="font-style: italic;">sakartvelos sakhelmts'ipo drosha</span>), also known as the <b>Five-Cross Flag</b> (<span title="Georgian-language text"><span lang="ka">ხუთჯვრიანი დროშა</span></span>, <span title="Georgian-language romanization"><i lang="ka-Latn">khutjvriani drosha</i></span>), is one of the <a href="/wiki/National_symbol" title="National symbol">national symbols</a> of <a href="/wiki/Georgia_(country)" title="Georgia (country)">Georgia</a>. Originally a <a href="/wiki/Banner" title="Banner">banner</a> of the medieval <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Georgia" title="Kingdom of Georgia">Kingdom of Georgia</a>, it was repopularised in the late 20th and early 21st centuries during the Georgian national revival. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Flag_of_Georgia_(country)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The current flag was used by the Georgian patriotic movement following the country's independence from the <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a> in 1991. By the late 1990s, the design had become widely known as the Georgian historical national flag, as <a href="/wiki/Vexillology" title="Vexillology">vexillologists</a> had pointed out the red-on-white <a href="/wiki/Jerusalem_cross" title="Jerusalem cross">Jerusalem cross</a> shown as the flag of <a href="/wiki/Tbilisi" title="Tbilisi">Tbilisi</a> in a 14th-century map by <a href="/wiki/Domenico_and_Francesco_Pizzigano" title="Domenico and Francesco Pizzigano">Domenico and Francesco Pizzigano</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A majority of Georgians, including the influential <a href="/wiki/Catholicos-Patriarch_of_All_Georgia" title="Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia">Catholicos-Patriarch</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Georgian_Orthodox_Church" title="Georgian Orthodox Church">Georgian Orthodox Church</a>, supported the restoration of the flag and in 1999 the <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Georgia" title="Parliament of Georgia">Parliament of Georgia</a> passed a bill to change the flag. However, it was not endorsed by the then-President <a href="/wiki/Eduard_Shevardnadze" title="Eduard Shevardnadze">Eduard Shevardnadze</a>. It was adopted in the early 2000s by the main opposition party, the <a href="/wiki/United_National_Movement_(Georgia)" class="mw-redirect" title="United National Movement (Georgia)">United National Movement</a> led by <a href="/wiki/Mikheil_Saakashvili" title="Mikheil Saakashvili">Mikheil Saakashvili</a>, as a symbol of popular resistance to Shevardnadze's rule as well as a symbol of the <a href="/wiki/Rose_Revolution" title="Rose Revolution">Rose Revolution</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The flag was adopted by Parliament on 14 January 2004.<sup id="cite_ref-agenda_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-agenda-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Saakashvili formally endorsed it via Presidential Decree No. 31 signed on 25 January,<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> following his election as president. 14 January is annually marked as a <a href="/wiki/Flag_Day" title="Flag Day">Flag Day</a> in Georgia.<sup id="cite_ref-agenda_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-agenda-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2021, a <a href="/wiki/Coin" title="Coin">coin</a> was discovered, minted during the reign of King <a href="/wiki/David_IV" title="David IV">David IV</a>. According to Georgia's <a href="/wiki/State_Council_of_Heraldry" title="State Council of Heraldry">State Council of Heraldry</a>, the engraving on its reverse side displays a "folded five-cross composition" and thus is an unmistakable historical connection of the design of the Georgian national flag with King David IV.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Design">Design</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Flag_of_Georgia_(country)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Design"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The national flag of Georgia, as described in the decree:<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <blockquote><p>The Georgian national flag is a white rectangle, with a large red cross in its central portion touching all four sides of the flag. In the four corners there are four <i><a href="/wiki/Bolnisi_cross" title="Bolnisi cross">bolnur-katskhuri</a></i> crosses (also referred to as a Georgian Cross or a <a href="/wiki/Grapevine_cross" title="Grapevine cross">Grapevine cross</a>) of the same color as the large cross.</p></blockquote> <table class="wikitable" width="60%" style="margin:1em auto; text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th>Scheme </th> <th style="background:#FF0000;color:#FFFFFF">Red </th> <th style="background:#FFFFFF">White </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/RGB" class="mw-redirect" title="RGB">RGB</a></td> <td>255-0-0</td> <td>255-255-255 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/CMYK" class="mw-redirect" title="CMYK">CMYK</a></td> <td>0-100-100-0</td> <td>0-0-0-0 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Pantone" title="Pantone">Pantone</a></td> <td>485 C</td> <td>Safe </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Web_colors" title="Web colors">Web</a></td> <td>#FF0000</td> <td>#FFFFFF </td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Georgia_(construction_sheet).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Georgia_%28construction_sheet%29.svg/450px-Flag_of_Georgia_%28construction_sheet%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="450" height="313" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Georgia_%28construction_sheet%29.svg/675px-Flag_of_Georgia_%28construction_sheet%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Georgia_%28construction_sheet%29.svg/900px-Flag_of_Georgia_%28construction_sheet%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1079" data-file-height="750" /></a><figcaption>Flag construction sheet</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Previous_flags">Previous flags</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Flag_of_Georgia_(country)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Previous flags"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-More_citations_needed plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Refimprove" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>needs additional citations for <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">verification</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Flag_of_Georgia_(country)" title="Special:EditPage/Flag of Georgia (country)">improve this article</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a> in this section. 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height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kartli_-_drosha_jvari.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Purported flag of the Kingdom of Iberia after Christianization of the monarchy"><img alt="Purported flag of the Kingdom of Iberia after Christianization of the monarchy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Kartli_-_drosha_jvari.svg/180px-Kartli_-_drosha_jvari.svg.png" decoding="async" width="180" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Kartli_-_drosha_jvari.svg/270px-Kartli_-_drosha_jvari.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Kartli_-_drosha_jvari.svg/360px-Kartli_-_drosha_jvari.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="750" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="mw-default-size noviewer skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:FIAV_reconstructed.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Design is a reconstruction, based on past observations"><img alt="Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flag" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/FIAV_reconstructed.svg/23px-FIAV_reconstructed.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/FIAV_reconstructed.svg/36px-FIAV_reconstructed.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/FIAV_reconstructed.svg/46px-FIAV_reconstructed.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="230" data-file-height="150" /></a></span> Purported flag of the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Iberia" title="Kingdom of Iberia">Kingdom of Iberia</a> after <a href="/wiki/Christianization_of_Iberia" title="Christianization of Iberia">Christianization</a> of the monarchy</div> </li> </ul></div></div></div> <p>The first Georgian flag design came about during the era of the early Georgian state, the <a href="/wiki/Principality_of_Iberia" title="Principality of Iberia">Principality of Iberia</a> which had a red cross against a white background, similar to the <a href="/wiki/Flag_of_England" title="Flag of England">flag of England</a>. The subsequent <a href="/wiki/Principality_of_Tao-Klarjeti" class="mw-redirect" title="Principality of Tao-Klarjeti">Principality of Tao-Klarjeti</a> shared this same flag. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Medieval_Georgian_flags">Medieval Georgian flags</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Flag_of_Georgia_(country)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Medieval Georgian flags"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248256098"><div class="mod-gallery mod-gallery-default mod-gallery-center"><div class="main"><div><ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional nochecker bordered-images whitebg"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 215px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:KingDavidtheBuilderFlag.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Flag of David IV, adopted during his rule"><img alt="Flag of David IV, adopted during his rule" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/KingDavidtheBuilderFlag.svg/176px-KingDavidtheBuilderFlag.svg.png" decoding="async" width="176" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/KingDavidtheBuilderFlag.svg/264px-KingDavidtheBuilderFlag.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/KingDavidtheBuilderFlag.svg/351px-KingDavidtheBuilderFlag.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="720" data-file-height="492" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="mw-default-size noviewer skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:FIAV_reconstructed.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Design is a reconstruction, based on past observations"><img alt="Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flag" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/FIAV_reconstructed.svg/23px-FIAV_reconstructed.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/FIAV_reconstructed.svg/36px-FIAV_reconstructed.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/FIAV_reconstructed.svg/46px-FIAV_reconstructed.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="230" data-file-height="150" /></a></span> Flag of <a href="/wiki/David_IV_of_Georgia" class="mw-redirect" title="David IV of Georgia">David IV</a>, adopted during his rule</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 215px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:QueenTamarFlag.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Flag of Queen Tamar, adopted during her rule"><img alt="Flag of Queen Tamar, adopted during her rule" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/QueenTamarFlag.svg/180px-QueenTamarFlag.svg.png" decoding="async" width="180" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/QueenTamarFlag.svg/270px-QueenTamarFlag.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/QueenTamarFlag.svg/360px-QueenTamarFlag.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="1200" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="mw-default-size noviewer skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:FIAV_reconstructed.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Design is a reconstruction, based on past observations"><img alt="Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flag" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/FIAV_reconstructed.svg/23px-FIAV_reconstructed.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/FIAV_reconstructed.svg/36px-FIAV_reconstructed.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/FIAV_reconstructed.svg/46px-FIAV_reconstructed.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="230" data-file-height="150" /></a></span> Flag of <a href="/wiki/Tamar_of_Georgia" title="Tamar of Georgia">Queen Tamar</a>, adopted during her rule</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 215px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_Kingdom_of_Georgia.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Flag of the Kingdom of Georgia"><img alt="Flag of the Kingdom of Georgia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Flag_of_the_Kingdom_of_Georgia.svg/180px-Flag_of_the_Kingdom_of_Georgia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="180" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Flag_of_the_Kingdom_of_Georgia.svg/270px-Flag_of_the_Kingdom_of_Georgia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Flag_of_the_Kingdom_of_Georgia.svg/360px-Flag_of_the_Kingdom_of_Georgia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="750" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="mw-default-size noviewer skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:FIAV_reconstructed.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Design is a reconstruction, based on past observations"><img alt="Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flag" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/FIAV_reconstructed.svg/23px-FIAV_reconstructed.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/FIAV_reconstructed.svg/36px-FIAV_reconstructed.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/FIAV_reconstructed.svg/46px-FIAV_reconstructed.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="230" data-file-height="150" /></a></span> Flag of the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Georgia" title="Kingdom of Georgia">Kingdom of Georgia</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 215px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_Kingdom_of_Egris-Abkhazia_v2.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Another flag seen for the Kingdom of Georgia (1008–1490)"><img alt="Another flag seen for the Kingdom of Georgia (1008–1490)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Flag_of_the_Kingdom_of_Egris-Abkhazia_v2.svg/174px-Flag_of_the_Kingdom_of_Egris-Abkhazia_v2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="174" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Flag_of_the_Kingdom_of_Egris-Abkhazia_v2.svg/261px-Flag_of_the_Kingdom_of_Egris-Abkhazia_v2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Flag_of_the_Kingdom_of_Egris-Abkhazia_v2.svg/349px-Flag_of_the_Kingdom_of_Egris-Abkhazia_v2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1785" data-file-height="1230" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="mw-default-size noviewer skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:FIAV_reconstructed.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Design is a reconstruction, based on past observations"><img alt="Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flag" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/FIAV_reconstructed.svg/23px-FIAV_reconstructed.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/FIAV_reconstructed.svg/36px-FIAV_reconstructed.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/FIAV_reconstructed.svg/46px-FIAV_reconstructed.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="230" data-file-height="150" /></a></span> Another flag seen for the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Georgia" title="Kingdom of Georgia">Kingdom of Georgia</a> (1008–1490)</div> </li> </ul></div></div></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Pizigani_1367_Chart_(Cropped_Tbilisi).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Pizigani_1367_Chart_%28Cropped_Tbilisi%29.jpg/170px-Pizigani_1367_Chart_%28Cropped_Tbilisi%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Pizigani_1367_Chart_%28Cropped_Tbilisi%29.jpg/255px-Pizigani_1367_Chart_%28Cropped_Tbilisi%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Pizigani_1367_Chart_%28Cropped_Tbilisi%29.jpg/340px-Pizigani_1367_Chart_%28Cropped_Tbilisi%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="858" /></a><figcaption>Detail of the 1367 Pizzigano chart, showing Tbilisi and its flag</figcaption></figure> <p>The white flag with the single red <a href="/wiki/St._George%27s_cross" class="mw-redirect" title="St. George's cross">St. George's cross</a> was supposedly used by <a href="/wiki/Vakhtang_Gorgasali" class="mw-redirect" title="Vakhtang Gorgasali">King Vakhtang I</a> in the 5th century.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Accuracy_dispute#Disputed_statement" title="Wikipedia:Accuracy dispute"><span title="The material near this tag is possibly inaccurate or nonfactual. (August 2013)">dubious</span></a> – <a href="/wiki/Talk:Flag_of_Georgia_(country)#Dubious" title="Talk:Flag of Georgia (country)">discuss</a></i>]</sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to tradition, <a href="/wiki/Tamar_of_Georgia" title="Tamar of Georgia">King Tamar</a> (d. 1213) used a flag with a dark red cross and a star in a white field.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the 1367 map by <a href="/wiki/Domenico_and_Francesco_Pizzigano" title="Domenico and Francesco Pizzigano">Domenico and Francesco Pizzigano</a>, the flag of <i>Tifilis</i> (Tbilisi) is shown as a <a href="/wiki/Jerusalem_cross" title="Jerusalem cross">Jerusalem cross</a> (a large cross with smaller crosses in each quarter). According to D. Kldiashvili (1997), the Jerusalem cross might have been adopted during the reign of <a href="/wiki/George_V_of_Georgia" title="George V of Georgia">King George V</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="After_the_collapse_of_the_Kingdom_of_Georgia">After the collapse of the Kingdom of Georgia</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Flag_of_Georgia_(country)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: After the collapse of the Kingdom of Georgia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248256098"><div class="mod-gallery mod-gallery-default mod-gallery-center"><div class="main"><div><ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional nochecker bordered-images whitebg"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 215px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_The_Principality_of_Mingrelia_(Portolan_1559).svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Flag of the Principality of Mingrelia in the 1550s"><img alt="Flag of the Principality of Mingrelia in the 1550s" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Flag_of_The_Principality_of_Mingrelia_%28Portolan_1559%29.svg/180px-Flag_of_The_Principality_of_Mingrelia_%28Portolan_1559%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="180" height="108" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Flag_of_The_Principality_of_Mingrelia_%28Portolan_1559%29.svg/270px-Flag_of_The_Principality_of_Mingrelia_%28Portolan_1559%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Flag_of_The_Principality_of_Mingrelia_%28Portolan_1559%29.svg/360px-Flag_of_The_Principality_of_Mingrelia_%28Portolan_1559%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="720" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="mw-default-size noviewer skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:FIAV_reconstructed.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Design is a reconstruction, based on past observations"><img alt="Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flag" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/FIAV_reconstructed.svg/23px-FIAV_reconstructed.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/FIAV_reconstructed.svg/36px-FIAV_reconstructed.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/FIAV_reconstructed.svg/46px-FIAV_reconstructed.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="230" data-file-height="150" /></a></span> Flag of the <a href="/wiki/Principality_of_Mingrelia" title="Principality of Mingrelia">Principality of Mingrelia</a> in the 1550s</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 215px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_The_Principality_of_Mingrelia_(Portolan_1560).svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Flag of the Principality of Mingrelia in the 1560s"><img alt="Flag of the Principality of Mingrelia in the 1560s" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Flag_of_The_Principality_of_Mingrelia_%28Portolan_1560%29.svg/180px-Flag_of_The_Principality_of_Mingrelia_%28Portolan_1560%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="180" height="108" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Flag_of_The_Principality_of_Mingrelia_%28Portolan_1560%29.svg/270px-Flag_of_The_Principality_of_Mingrelia_%28Portolan_1560%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Flag_of_The_Principality_of_Mingrelia_%28Portolan_1560%29.svg/360px-Flag_of_The_Principality_of_Mingrelia_%28Portolan_1560%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="720" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="mw-default-size noviewer skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:FIAV_reconstructed.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Design is a reconstruction, based on past observations"><img alt="Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flag" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/FIAV_reconstructed.svg/23px-FIAV_reconstructed.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/FIAV_reconstructed.svg/36px-FIAV_reconstructed.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/FIAV_reconstructed.svg/46px-FIAV_reconstructed.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="230" data-file-height="150" /></a></span> Flag of the <a href="/wiki/Principality_of_Mingrelia" title="Principality of Mingrelia">Principality of Mingrelia</a> in the 1560s</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 215px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_Principality_of_Samtskhe.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Flag of the Principality of Samtskhe"><img alt="Flag of the Principality of Samtskhe" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Flag_of_the_Principality_of_Samtskhe.svg/180px-Flag_of_the_Principality_of_Samtskhe.svg.png" decoding="async" width="180" height="103" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Flag_of_the_Principality_of_Samtskhe.svg/270px-Flag_of_the_Principality_of_Samtskhe.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Flag_of_the_Principality_of_Samtskhe.svg/360px-Flag_of_the_Principality_of_Samtskhe.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="700" data-file-height="400" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="mw-default-size noviewer skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:FIAV_reconstructed.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Design is a reconstruction, based on past observations"><img alt="Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flag" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/FIAV_reconstructed.svg/23px-FIAV_reconstructed.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/FIAV_reconstructed.svg/36px-FIAV_reconstructed.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/FIAV_reconstructed.svg/46px-FIAV_reconstructed.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="230" data-file-height="150" /></a></span> Flag of the <a href="/wiki/Principality_of_Samtskhe" class="mw-redirect" title="Principality of Samtskhe">Principality of Samtskhe</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 215px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Kingdom_of_Kakheti.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Flag of the Kingdom of Kakheti in the 18th century"><img alt="Flag of the Kingdom of Kakheti in the 18th century" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Kingdom_of_Kakheti.svg/180px-Flag_of_Kingdom_of_Kakheti.svg.png" decoding="async" width="180" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Kingdom_of_Kakheti.svg/270px-Flag_of_Kingdom_of_Kakheti.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Kingdom_of_Kakheti.svg/360px-Flag_of_Kingdom_of_Kakheti.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="300" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="mw-default-size noviewer skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:FIAV_reconstructed.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Design is a reconstruction, based on past observations"><img alt="Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flag" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/FIAV_reconstructed.svg/23px-FIAV_reconstructed.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/FIAV_reconstructed.svg/36px-FIAV_reconstructed.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/FIAV_reconstructed.svg/46px-FIAV_reconstructed.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="230" data-file-height="150" /></a></span> Flag of the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Kakheti" title="Kingdom of Kakheti">Kingdom of Kakheti</a> in the 18th century</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 215px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Imereti_-_drosha.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Flag of the Kingdom of Imereti"><img alt="Flag of the Kingdom of Imereti" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Imereti_-_drosha.svg/180px-Imereti_-_drosha.svg.png" decoding="async" width="180" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Imereti_-_drosha.svg/270px-Imereti_-_drosha.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Imereti_-_drosha.svg/360px-Imereti_-_drosha.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="mw-default-size noviewer skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:FIAV_reconstructed.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Design is a reconstruction, based on past observations"><img alt="Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flag" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/FIAV_reconstructed.svg/23px-FIAV_reconstructed.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/FIAV_reconstructed.svg/36px-FIAV_reconstructed.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/FIAV_reconstructed.svg/46px-FIAV_reconstructed.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="230" data-file-height="150" /></a></span> Flag of the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Imereti" title="Kingdom of Imereti">Kingdom of Imereti</a></div> </li> </ul></div></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Democratic_Republic_of_Georgia_(1918–1921)"><span id="Democratic_Republic_of_Georgia_.281918.E2.80.931921.29"></span>Democratic Republic of Georgia (1918–1921)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Flag_of_Georgia_(country)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Democratic Republic of Georgia (1918–1921)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248256098"><div class="mod-gallery mod-gallery-default mod-gallery-center"><div class="main"><div><ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional nochecker bordered-images whitebg"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 215px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Georgia_(1918%E2%80%931921,_4-5).svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Flag of the Democratic Republic of Georgia (1918–1921)"><img alt="Flag of the Democratic Republic of Georgia (1918–1921)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Flag_of_Georgia_%281918%E2%80%931921%2C_4-5%29.svg/150px-Flag_of_Georgia_%281918%E2%80%931921%2C_4-5%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Flag_of_Georgia_%281918%E2%80%931921%2C_4-5%29.svg/225px-Flag_of_Georgia_%281918%E2%80%931921%2C_4-5%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Flag_of_Georgia_%281918%E2%80%931921%2C_4-5%29.svg/300px-Flag_of_Georgia_%281918%E2%80%931921%2C_4-5%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="mw-default-size noviewer skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:FIAV_historical.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Design used in the past, but now abandoned"><img alt="Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flag" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/FIAV_historical.svg/23px-FIAV_historical.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/FIAV_historical.svg/36px-FIAV_historical.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/FIAV_historical.svg/46px-FIAV_historical.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="230" data-file-height="150" /></a></span> Flag of the <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Republic_of_Georgia" title="Democratic Republic of Georgia">Democratic Republic of Georgia</a> (1918–1921)</div> </li> </ul></div></div></div> <p>During Georgia's brief existence as an independent state as the <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Republic_of_Georgia" title="Democratic Republic of Georgia">Democratic Republic of Georgia</a> from 1918 to 1921, a flag consisting of a dark red field with black and white bands in the canton was adopted. The design resulted from a national flag-designing contest won by the painter <a href="/wiki/Iakob_Nikoladze" title="Iakob Nikoladze">Iakob Nikoladze</a>. It was abolished by the <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a> following the 1921 incorporation of Georgia into the USSR. After the collapse of the USSR, Georgia adopted a modified version with the length extended (see below). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Georgian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_(1921–1991)"><span id="Georgian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_.281921.E2.80.931991.29"></span>Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic (1921–1991)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Flag_of_Georgia_(country)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic (1921–1991)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Flag_of_the_Georgian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic" title="Flag of the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic">Flag of the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248256098"><div class="mod-gallery mod-gallery-default mod-gallery-center"><div class="main"><div><ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional nochecker bordered-images whitebg"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 215px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_Georgian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_(1921%E2%80%931922).svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Flag of the Georgian SSR (1921–1922)"><img alt="Flag of the Georgian SSR (1921–1922)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Flag_of_the_Georgian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_%281921%E2%80%931922%29.svg/180px-Flag_of_the_Georgian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_%281921%E2%80%931922%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="180" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Flag_of_the_Georgian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_%281921%E2%80%931922%29.svg/270px-Flag_of_the_Georgian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_%281921%E2%80%931922%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Flag_of_the_Georgian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_%281921%E2%80%931922%29.svg/360px-Flag_of_the_Georgian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_%281921%E2%80%931922%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="400" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="mw-default-size noviewer skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:FIAV_historical.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Design used in the past, but now abandoned"><img alt="Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flag" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/FIAV_historical.svg/23px-FIAV_historical.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/FIAV_historical.svg/36px-FIAV_historical.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/FIAV_historical.svg/46px-FIAV_historical.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="230" data-file-height="150" /></a></span> Flag of the <a href="/wiki/Georgian_SSR" class="mw-redirect" title="Georgian SSR">Georgian SSR</a> (1921–1922)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 215px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_Georgian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_(1922%E2%80%931937).svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Flag of the Georgian SSR (1922–1937)"><img alt="Flag of the Georgian SSR (1922–1937)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Flag_of_the_Georgian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_%281922%E2%80%931937%29.svg/180px-Flag_of_the_Georgian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_%281922%E2%80%931937%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="180" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Flag_of_the_Georgian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_%281922%E2%80%931937%29.svg/270px-Flag_of_the_Georgian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_%281922%E2%80%931937%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Flag_of_the_Georgian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_%281922%E2%80%931937%29.svg/360px-Flag_of_the_Georgian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_%281922%E2%80%931937%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="300" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="mw-default-size noviewer skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:FIAV_historical.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Design used in the past, but now abandoned"><img alt="Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flag" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/FIAV_historical.svg/23px-FIAV_historical.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/FIAV_historical.svg/36px-FIAV_historical.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/FIAV_historical.svg/46px-FIAV_historical.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="230" data-file-height="150" /></a></span> Flag of the <a href="/wiki/Georgian_SSR" class="mw-redirect" title="Georgian SSR">Georgian SSR</a> (1922–1937)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 215px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_Georgian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_(1937%E2%80%931951).svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Flag of the Georgian SSR (1937–1951)"><img alt="Flag of the Georgian SSR (1937–1951)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Flag_of_the_Georgian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_%281937%E2%80%931951%29.svg/180px-Flag_of_the_Georgian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_%281937%E2%80%931951%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="180" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Flag_of_the_Georgian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_%281937%E2%80%931951%29.svg/270px-Flag_of_the_Georgian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_%281937%E2%80%931951%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Flag_of_the_Georgian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_%281937%E2%80%931951%29.svg/360px-Flag_of_the_Georgian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_%281937%E2%80%931951%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="400" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="mw-default-size noviewer skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:FIAV_historical.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Design used in the past, but now abandoned"><img alt="Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flag" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/FIAV_historical.svg/23px-FIAV_historical.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/FIAV_historical.svg/36px-FIAV_historical.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/FIAV_historical.svg/46px-FIAV_historical.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="230" data-file-height="150" /></a></span> Flag of the <a href="/wiki/Georgian_SSR" class="mw-redirect" title="Georgian SSR">Georgian SSR</a> (1937–1951)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 215px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_Georgian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_(1951%E2%80%931990).svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Flag of the Georgian SSR (1951–1990)"><img alt="Flag of the Georgian SSR (1951–1990)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Flag_of_the_Georgian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_%281951%E2%80%931990%29.svg/180px-Flag_of_the_Georgian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_%281951%E2%80%931990%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="180" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Flag_of_the_Georgian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_%281951%E2%80%931990%29.svg/270px-Flag_of_the_Georgian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_%281951%E2%80%931990%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Flag_of_the_Georgian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_%281951%E2%80%931990%29.svg/360px-Flag_of_the_Georgian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_%281951%E2%80%931990%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="mw-default-size noviewer skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:FIAV_historical.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Design used in the past, but now abandoned"><img alt="Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flag" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/FIAV_historical.svg/23px-FIAV_historical.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/FIAV_historical.svg/36px-FIAV_historical.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/FIAV_historical.svg/46px-FIAV_historical.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="230" data-file-height="150" /></a></span> Flag of the <a href="/wiki/Georgian_SSR" class="mw-redirect" title="Georgian SSR">Georgian SSR</a> (1951–1990)</div> </li> </ul></div></div></div> <p>During the Soviet period, Georgia adopted several variants of the <a href="/wiki/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union" title="Flag of the Soviet Union">red Soviet flag</a> incorporating first the <a href="/wiki/Georgian_SSR" class="mw-redirect" title="Georgian SSR">Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic's</a> name, and later a red <a href="/wiki/Hammer_and_sickle" title="Hammer and sickle">hammer and sickle</a> with a <a href="/wiki/Red_star" title="Red star">star</a> in a blue sun in the <a href="/wiki/Flag_terminology" class="mw-redirect" title="Flag terminology">canton</a> and a blue bar in the upper part of flag. The flag of the <a href="/wiki/Flag_of_Georgian_SSR" class="mw-redirect" title="Flag of Georgian SSR">Georgian SSR</a> was replaced by the flag of the Democratic Republic of Georgia by the Georgian government in November 1990, shortly before it <a href="/w/index.php?title=Act_of_Restoration_of_State_Independence_of_Georgia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Act of Restoration of State Independence of Georgia (page does not exist)">declared independence</a> from the Soviet Union. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Georgia_(1991–2004)"><span id="Georgia_.281991.E2.80.932004.29"></span>Georgia (1991–2004)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Flag_of_Georgia_(country)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Georgia (1991–2004)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248256098"><div class="mod-gallery mod-gallery-default mod-gallery-center"><div class="main"><div><ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional nochecker bordered-images whitebg"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 215px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Georgia_(1990%E2%80%932004).svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Flag of Georgian SSR (1990–1991) and Georgia (1991–2004)"><img alt="Flag of Georgian SSR (1990–1991) and Georgia (1991–2004)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Flag_of_Georgia_%281990%E2%80%932004%29.svg/180px-Flag_of_Georgia_%281990%E2%80%932004%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="180" height="108" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Flag_of_Georgia_%281990%E2%80%932004%29.svg/270px-Flag_of_Georgia_%281990%E2%80%932004%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Flag_of_Georgia_%281990%E2%80%932004%29.svg/360px-Flag_of_Georgia_%281990%E2%80%932004%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="mw-default-size noviewer skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:FIAV_historical.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Design used in the past, but now abandoned"><img alt="Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flag" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/FIAV_historical.svg/23px-FIAV_historical.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/FIAV_historical.svg/36px-FIAV_historical.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/FIAV_historical.svg/46px-FIAV_historical.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="230" data-file-height="150" /></a></span> Flag of <a href="/wiki/Georgian_SSR" class="mw-redirect" title="Georgian SSR">Georgian SSR</a> (1990–1991) and <a href="/wiki/Georgia_(country)" title="Georgia (country)">Georgia</a> (1991–2004)</div> </li> </ul></div></div></div> <p>The previous flag used by the Democratic Republic of Georgia from 1918 to 1921 was reestablished as the flag of the Republic of Georgia on 8 December 1991, by the <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Council_of_the_Republic_of_Georgia" title="Supreme Council of the Republic of Georgia">Supreme Council of the Republic of Georgia</a>. However, it lost popularity thereafter as it became associated with the chaotic and violent period after the collapse of the Soviet Union. The <a href="/wiki/Wine_(color)" title="Wine (color)">wine-red</a> colour symbolises the good times of the past as well as the future, whilst the black represents Russian rule, and the white represents hope for peace.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This flag was later replaced by the current Georgian flag following the bloodless <a href="/wiki/Rose_Revolution" title="Rose Revolution">Rose Revolution</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Flag_of_Georgia_(country)&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239009302">.mw-parser-output .portalbox{padding:0;margin:0.5em 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href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"The new flag of Georgia does not seem to be related with this historical banner. The flag of the National Movement was unknown ten years ago [1993] and was called 'the Georgian historical national flag' by the opposition leaders only after publications by the Georgian vexillologist I.L. Bichikashvili." Mikhail Revnivtsev, 25 November 2003 <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/ge.html">crwflags.com</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181215222410/https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/ge.html">Archived</a> 2018-12-15 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"A majority of Georgians, including the patriarch of the Georgian Orthodox Church, have long favored adopting the five-cross banner as the nation's official flag. But the outgoing president stymied all efforts to make the change. In 1999, the Georgian Parliament voted to change the flag, and all Shevardnadze had to do was issue a supportive Decree. Inexplicably, he refused to do so, instead setting up a powerless Heraldic Commission to study the matter. When Saakashvili founded the National Movement in 2001, therefore, the five-cross flag was the natural choice to illustrate his party's populist bent." 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class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;">Early</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Prehistoric_Georgia" title="Prehistoric Georgia">Prehistoric Georgia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shulaveri%E2%80%93Shomu_culture" title="Shulaveri–Shomu culture">Shulaveri–Shomu culture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kura%E2%80%93Araxes_culture" title="Kura–Araxes culture">Kura–Araxes culture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trialeti%E2%80%93Vanadzor_culture" title="Trialeti–Vanadzor culture">Trialeti–Vanadzor culture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colchian_culture" title="Colchian culture">Colchian culture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mushki" title="Mushki">Mushki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diauehi" title="Diauehi">Diauehi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colchis" title="Colchis">Colchis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Iberia" title="Kingdom of Iberia">Kingdom of Iberia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lazica" title="Lazica">Lazica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Georgia_in_the_Roman_era" title="Georgia in the Roman era">Roman era</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sasanian_Iberia" title="Sasanian Iberia">Sasanian Iberia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christianization_of_Iberia" title="Christianization of Iberia">Christianization of Iberia</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;">Middle</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Principality_of_Iberia" title="Principality of Iberia">Principality of Iberia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bagrationi_dynasty" title="Bagrationi dynasty">Bagrationi dynasty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arab_rule_in_Georgia" title="Arab rule in Georgia">Arab rule</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emirate_of_Tbilisi" title="Emirate of Tbilisi">Emirate of Tbilisi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Abkhazia" title="Kingdom of Abkhazia">Kingdom of Abkhazia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_the_Iberians" title="Kingdom of the Iberians">Kingdom of the Iberians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Unification_of_the_Georgian_realm" title="Unification of the Georgian realm">Unification of the Georgian realm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Hereti" title="Kingdom of Hereti">Kingdom of Hereti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Kakheti-Hereti" title="Kingdom of Kakheti-Hereti">Kingdom of Kakheti-Hereti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Georgia" title="Kingdom of Georgia">Kingdom of Georgia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Byzantine%E2%80%93Georgian_wars" title="Byzantine–Georgian wars">Byzantine wars</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Georgian%E2%80%93Seljuk_wars" title="Georgian–Seljuk wars">Seljuk wars</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Didgori" title="Battle of Didgori">Battle of Didgori</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Georgian_Golden_Age" title="Georgian Golden Age">Golden Age</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mongol_invasions_of_Georgia" title="Mongol invasions of Georgia">Mongol invasions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timurid_invasions_of_Georgia" title="Timurid invasions of Georgia">Timur's invasions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samtskhe-Saatabago" title="Samtskhe-Saatabago">Samtskhe-Saatabago</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turkoman_invasions_of_Georgia" title="Turkoman invasions of Georgia">Turkmen incursions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Imereti" title="Kingdom of Imereti">Kingdom of Imereti</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Principality_of_Abkhazia" title="Principality of Abkhazia">Principality of Abkhazia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Principality_of_Svaneti" title="Principality of Svaneti">Principality of Svaneti</a></li> <li><a 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</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;">Modern</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Republic_of_Georgia" title="Democratic Republic of Georgia">Democratic Republic of Georgia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armeno-Georgian_War" title="Armeno-Georgian War">Armenian War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Red_Army_invasion_of_Georgia" title="Red Army invasion of Georgia">Red Army invasion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Georgian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic" title="Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic">Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_9_tragedy" title="April 9 tragedy">April 9 tragedy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Georgia_(country)#Independent_Georgia" title="History of Georgia (country)">Independent Georgia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Georgian_Civil_War" title="Georgian Civil War">Civil War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/War_in_Abkhazia_(1992%E2%80%931993)" title="War in Abkhazia (1992–1993)">War in Abkhazia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rose_Revolution" title="Rose Revolution">Rose Revolution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russo-Georgian_War" title="Russo-Georgian War">Russo-Georgian War</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;">By topic</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Names_of_Georgia" title="Names of Georgia">Names of Georgia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lists_of_Georgian_monarchs" title="Lists of Georgian monarchs">Monarchs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_historical_states_of_Georgia" title="List of historical states of Georgia">States</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_Georgia" title="Military history of Georgia">Military history</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_wars_involving_Georgia_(country)" title="List of wars involving Georgia (country)">Wars</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_battles_involving_Georgia_(country)" title="List of battles involving Georgia (country)">Battles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_Georgian_history" title="Timeline of Georgian history">Timeline of Georgian history</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Category:History_of_Georgia_(country)" title="Category:History of Georgia (country)">more</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="5" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Georgia_(country)" title="Georgia (country)"><img alt="Georgia (country)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Arms_of_Georgia.svg/80px-Arms_of_Georgia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="102" class="mw-file-element" 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(country)">Birds</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_Sea" title="Black Sea">Black Sea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geography_of_Georgia_(country)#Climate" title="Geography of Georgia (country)">Climate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_earthquakes_in_Georgia" title="List of earthquakes in Georgia">Earthquakes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Environmental_issues_in_Georgia_(country)" title="Environmental issues in Georgia (country)">Environmental issues</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glaciers_of_Georgia" title="Glaciers of Georgia">Glaciers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greater_Caucasus" title="Greater Caucasus">Greater Caucasus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_lakes_of_Georgia_(country)" title="List of lakes of Georgia (country)">Lakes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lesser_Caucasus" title="Lesser Caucasus">Lesser Caucasus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_mammals_of_Georgia_(country)" title="List of mammals of Georgia (country)">Mammals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_parks_of_Georgia" title="National parks of Georgia">National parks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_protected_areas_of_Georgia_(country)" title="List of protected areas of Georgia (country)">Protected areas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_rivers_of_Georgia_(country)" title="List of rivers of Georgia (country)">Rivers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_volcanoes_in_Georgia" title="List of volcanoes in Georgia">Volcanoes</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Category:Geography_of_Georgia_(country)" title="Category:Geography of Georgia (country)">more</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Administrative_divisions_of_Georgia_(country)" title="Administrative divisions of Georgia (country)">Subdivisions</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Administrative_divisions_of_Georgia_(country)" title="Administrative divisions of Georgia (country)">Administrative divisions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_and_towns_in_Georgia_(country)" title="List of cities and towns in Georgia (country)">Cities and towns</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tbilisi" title="Tbilisi">Tbilisi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mkhare" title="Mkhare">Regions</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Category:Subdivisions_of_Georgia_(country)" title="Category:Subdivisions of Georgia (country)">more</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Russian-occupied_territories_in_Georgia" title="Russian-occupied territories in Georgia">Russian-occupied territories</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abkhazia" title="Abkhazia">Abkhazia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Ossetia" title="South Ossetia">South Ossetia</a></li></ul> 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