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My father just returned from a trip to Siberia and I might have some
info on flags in Surgut region. Surgut is a city in Khanty-Mansi AO, on
bands of river Ob, founded some 400 years ago as military outpost, but
later on almost abandoned until it were found rich sources or natural gas
and oil in the region. According to my father, the flag of the city is red
with the coat of arms in the middle. However, there
was no time to notice any details regarding it, as weather the ornament around
the shield is used, the relative size of the coat of arms in flag etc.
Željko Heimer, 12 Jul 2000
I think this reconstruction (without ribbons and crown) is correct. The
original arms of Surgut (adopted 1785) were without
ribbons and crown too.
Victor Lomantsov, 07 Oct 2000
The coat of arms of Surgut is recorded by N. N. Speransov
[spe74] being divided horizontally, in
chief the arms of Tobolsk, and in base in golden a fox proper running
over a green base. The Tobolsk arms are blue with a golden “piramid”
flanked with six red flags and two helebards. It is used in quite many
of Russian coats of arms of the same period (cf. city of
Omsk).
Željko Heimer, 12 Jul 2000
The coat of arms of Surgut was adopted in March 17th 1785. The fox in bottom
part of the shield is really “proper”, but not the usual (orange) fox, it’s rather
a silver fox — very beautiful animal with black fur.
Victor Lomantsov, 12 Jul 2000 and 07 Oct 2000
The image at www.surgut.ru/history.htm
shows an orange animal, but it would not be the first zoological incorrection of the moscuvite
heraldic authorities when dealing with siberian and far-eastern motifs…
by António Martins, 01 Nov 2000
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