In the eastern part of Central Asia, there is a small country with an ancient history and exceptional natural features - and Kyrgyzstan, according to the National phonetics, Kyrgyz Republic.Like every independent state, it has its own coat of arms and flag of Kyrgyzstan.
Features Kyrgyzstan
From the west the country borders with the majestic Tien Shan - "celestial mountains" in Turkic.Across the eastern border neighbor of Kyrgyzstan is China.
true pearl of Kyrgyzstan - Issyk-Kul deep, or "hot lake", translated into Russian.Researchers erected etymology of the name to the word "sacred" lake, that's why it involves a lot of mysteries and legends.Remarkable in its own way is the national flag of Kyrgyzstan, about the symbolism of which we'll talk.
Soviet past
It should be noted that the forty years of the period when Kyrgyzstan was part of the USSR, the flag of the Republic had a very different kind.From 1952 to 1992, red cloth crossed horizontal blue band with a narrow white ribbon in the center.In the upper left corner of the hammer and sickle were placed with a five-pointed star above them.This detail was present at all the banners of Soviet Socialist Republics.
modern national flag of Kyrgyzstan: description
waving a sign of the Kyrgyz Republic - is a scarlet cloth, which flaunts a golden solar disk, spread around her magnificent forty-rays.The disc divides into four parts scarlet grate, domed converging in the center - a schematic representation of Tyundyuk, holes for air and light at the top of the Kyrgyz yurt.The presence of this detail is reminiscent of the last nomadic people living in the land of Kyrgyzstan.
Flag of Kyrgyzstan made in the following sizes: three-fifths of the length - a banner of width.The proportion of the solar disk to the diameter of the beam - the same three to five.Equal to half the diameter of Tyundyuk radiant solar disk with rays.
Symbolism state symbol
After the collapse of the USSR, in March 1992, was created by the creative team of five writers tasked to come up with the new flag of Kyrgyzstan.The value of each element was to reflect the traditional spiritual values of the people.The presence of bright red but the flag is associated with the notion of courage and self-sacrifice as a heroic national ideals.Scarlet was the banner of the noble hero Manas, the Kyrgyz epic hero.Gold Sun symbolizes abundance and peace.It is no accident has forty-rays - a sign of union forty tribes living here since ancient times.Tyundyuk image has a broad meaning.It is the personification of the whole universe as a single father's house.
Will it be different?
In 2007, the Kyrgyz parliament raised the issue of changing the appearance of the flag on the grounds that tyundyuk depicted incorrectly.In 2009, one of the candidates for president proposed a new draft state symbol in his election program.In spring 2011, the MPs created a commission with the participation of representatives of civil society and cultural figures to discuss what will be the new national anthem and the flag of the country.To date, however, the issue is not resolved, and the flag of Kyrgyzstan remains as long as in its previous form.
