Friday 29 April 2016

Kyrgyzstan Flag And Its History

By Gabriel Spark


Kyrgyzstan is a country located in the mountainous region of Central Asia and considered to be one of the six Turkic nations that are independent. The word "Kyrgyz" originated from the Turk word meaning "forty". Another proper meaning of the word 'Kyrgyz" is unconquerable.

The native Kyrgyz are a Turkic people who first settled in the Tien Shan mountains. They were traditionally pastoral nomads. Due to extensive Russian colonization in the 1900s, Russian settlers were given much of the best agricultural land. This led to an unsuccessful and disastrous revolt by the Kyrgyz people in 1916.

On October 14, 1924, the Autonomous Republic of Kyrgyz Kara was established, part of the Soviet Union. On August 31, 1991, the Kyrgyz Supreme Soviet's Declaration of Independence was adopted by the State, formally declaring independence and changing the country's name to the Kyrgyz Republic.

The National flag of Kyrgyzstan was approved by Jogorku Kengesh on the 3rd of March, 1992 and represents a red cloth in the centre of which around the solar disk with forty uniformly diverging rays of golden colour are placed. Inside the solar disk, there is a red Tunduk of Kyrgyz yurt. The banner’s width is three-fifths of its length. The diameter of the radiant disk is three-fifths of the width of the flag. The ratio of the sun’s diameter to radiant disks is 3 to 5.The Tunduk’s diameter is half the diameter of the radiant disk.

The circle of the sun is formalized depiction of the tündük. The tündük is the wooden crown or pinnacle of a yurt. The yurt is a traditional movable dwelling of the nomadic clans who occupied the steppes of Central Asia. The tündük in the flag of Kyrgyzstan represents the family home or in another sense, the universe for the Kyrgyz people. The tündük is had various and prominent depictions and representations in the architecture of Kyrgyzstan.

Tunduk embodies a paternal house, which also to wider extent represents the world as the universe and cohesion of the peoples living in the republic. The Flag Company Inc specialized in flag designs offered a special edition of decals and flags to memorize the history of Kyrgyzstan Flag for the future.




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