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image by Tomislav Šipek, 19 January 2020(Note: You need an Unicode-aware software and font to correctly view the Cyrillic text on this page. See here transliteration details).
There are strong demands for the return to the pre-Bolshevik name of
Tsaritsin (Царицын | Caricyn) of
1589-1925 and even stronger demands to bring back the name Stalingrad
(Сталинград)
of 1925-1961, besides the calls to change the very
communist-like symbols.
Chrystian Kretowicz, 29 Dec 2008
The Region flag has a red background, two blue stripes
and a figure on it. It is a statue that was erected by the
Soviet Government after WW2. It stands for the fight to
save the motherland. Ratio of 2:3
Zachary Harden, 28 May 2001
The statue is called Rodina Math |
Родина Мать,
Mother of the Fatherland (it sounds strange in English…).
The illustration in Law of the Volgograd Region on the Coat-of-Arms and
Flag of the Volgograd Region, issued by the regional parliament of this
Russian region in august 31st, 2000, shows distinctly different shades of blue
for the stripes in the coat-of-arms and in the flag.
The image of the statue in the law illustration is very detailed and
highly contrasted and a bit bluish.
António Martins, 12 Oct 2002
Two blue stripes on the flag of Volgograd oblast symbolize
two big rivers Volga and Don.
Victor Lomantsov, 08 Feb 2001
The gap between the stripes is narrower than each stripe (about 17:20),
at least according to the illustration in Law of the Volgograd Region on
the Coat-of-Arms and Flag of the Volgograd Region. Trusting that
illustration, the gap between the hoist and the first stripe and each of the
stripes have the same width.
António Martins, 12 Feb 2003
One more RFSSR inspired design.
António Martins, 2010
The flag of Volgograd Region is based on the photos at:
https://v1.ru/text/gorod/65827161
https://v1.ru/text/sport/415471992356864.html
Tomislav Šipek,
19 January 2020
Considering that the statue is a real object, I wonder how does the reverse look like. There are three possibilities:
António Martins, 12 Feb 2003
The coat of arms and flag are not adopted. There
is a Document (Decision of Regional Duma, 26 of august,
1999, No 13/373) on contest (competition on best projects).
In text of Decision we can read about Law on Flag and
Arms which was abolished. When this Law was adopted and
abolished we don’t know.
Victor Lomantsov, 04 Feb 2000
Mikhail Revnivtsev of RussoVex forwarded a new proposal of the
emblem and flag of Volgograd
city and Oblast’. (Author: V. Koval)
Chrystian Kretowicz, 29 Dec 2008
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image by António Martins, 12 Feb 2003
Both the historical arms and
the current city arms are
quite different.
António Martins, 12 Oct 2002
The coat of arms of Volgograd is gules
two sturgeons hauriant in saltire argent.
Santiago Dotor, 17 Dec 1998
Both the current region arms and
the current city arms are quite
different.
António Martins, 12 Oct 2002
The coat of arms and flag of Volgograd region will be adorned by the hammer and the sickle
The Duma (Parliament) of Volgograd region passed the law "About the coat of arms and flag of Volgograd region". The information about it was reported by the magazine of "Volgograd".
The fraction of communists during the interval between the sessions have introduced changes into the project of law, these changes propose the addition the communist symbols (the hammer and sickle) to the flag and coat of arms of region. The authors of this project of law were against so changes. Nevertheless 18 deputies from 34 voted to pass the law with communist changes.
Now for coming into force the law have to be signed by the governor of region Nikolai Maksyuta, which have been elected in 1996 from Communist Party.
Yury Rocich, 29 Aug 2000, translating from from www.apn.ru/lenta/2000/07 Mar 2020000703174131.htm
The hammer and the sickle have returned to us
Last week region Duma (parliament) passed the law "About the coat of arms and flag of Volgograd region". There are two blue wavy lines (these are symbolized the rivers of Volga and Don) on the red shield, and image of The Monument of Mother-Nativeland (this is symbolized the victory of Russia in The Stalingrad Battle) are situated in the center of the shield.
Exactly so project was won in the competition of the creation the coat of arms of Volgograd region and received the support of the townspeople during the exhibition of the projects in the city museum, and at first was passed by regional Duma. However during final discussion some deputies didn't like it. For example, the deputy Shevchenko considers that there no so little . the hammer, the sickle and the star - the symbols of the communist past of Russia and, evidently, the present so, because the most of deputies voted for exactly so project together with The Mother-Nativeland the hammer, the sickle and the star on left corner of the shield.
So development of events coused the indignation of the author of the project the herald Yu.Kurasov. He declared that Shevchenko tried to exert pressure him and asked to add into project the images of the hammer, the sickle and the star, Shevchenko threatened to hold the competition in another way and to pass necessary decision. Listening to the frankness of author-herald Shevchenko blushed, grew pale and again blushed. But then he refuted everything.
Deputies wasn't confused and resolution of The Russian Authorship Association and the law department of regional Duma that so changes were infringed the law .About the authorship (copyright).. So the deputies infringed the rules of the competition, which didn't let to use in the regional symbols the official state and party symbols of Russia and USSR. So the deputies excepted the mention about the authors of the coat of arms and flag of Volgograd region. After so offence Yury Kurasov left the Duma and took away his project.
The authors of the project intended to address to general-governor Kazantsev, State Herald Council of The President Of Russia, also in a court and a prosecutor's office.
Yury Rocich, 30 Aug 2000, translating from
from 
volgograd.com.ru/people/2000_06_29/2000_06_29.shtml
image by
Valentin Poposki, 9 Sep 2009
Very nice flag of this regional administration
: http://www.volganet.ru/irj/avo.html?NavigationTarget=navurl://8c2ae97b6d56f72bf9b5e5768f690e90&photo=/guid/e049173a-a210-2c10-ed8c-9bbc032d0e7e (dead link).
Valentin Poposki, 9 Sep 2009