The flag of Agin-Buryat Okrug, in the Russian Federation

Russia

Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

, is a vertical tricolour

Tricolour

A tricolour is a flag or banner more-or-less equally divided into three bands of differing colours...

 of blue, yellow and white. The flag is charged

Charge (heraldry)

In heraldry, a charge is any emblem or device occupying the field of an escutcheon . This may be a geometric design or a symbolic representation of a person, animal, plant, object or other device...

 with a yellow partial Soyombo symbol

Soyombo symbol

The Soyombo symbol is a special character out of the Mongolian Soyombo script. It serves as a national symbol of Mongolia, to be found on the Flag of Mongolia, the Coat of arms of Mongolia, and on many other official documents....

 at the upper end of the blue band. The Soyombo is a cultural symbol of the Mongol people

Mongols

Mongols ) are a Central-East Asian ethnic group that lives mainly in the countries of Mongolia, China, and Russia. In China, ethnic Mongols can be found mainly in the central north region of China such as Inner Mongolia...

 and is also present on the flags of Mongolia

Flag of Mongolia

The current flag of Mongolia was adopted on February 12, 1992. It is similar to the flag of 1949, except for the removal of the socialist star....

 and Buryatia

Flag of Buryatia

The flag of the Republic of Buryatia, a federal subject of Russia, is a tricolour consisting of 2:1:1 horizontal bands of blue, white, and yellow with a yellow Mongol symbol on the hoist of the blue band. The ratio of the flag is 1:2. It was adopted on 29 October 1992.-References:*...

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The flag was designed by Buryat artist, Bato Dampilon. It was adopted on July 6, 2001. The proportions are 2:3.