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The Vepsian flag
is a green field with a blue cross
with yellow borders. Andersson
([and92]
and [and94])
does not mention this one.
Jan Oskar Engene, 20 Mar 1996
The Vepsian flag, a green field with a blue Scandinavian cross bordered yellow, was “adopted” in June 1992 at the Vepsian Summer Festival in the Vepsian national village of Kalajoki (Rybreka) near lake Onega in the Republic of Karelia. The colours of the flag symbolise the forests, rivers, lakes and fields of the region. I am not aware of the exact shades but I would suppose that the green is the same as in the East Karelian flag. Marco Pribilla, 10 Jan 2003
According to [lau97], the
Vepsian flag uses the same proportions as the
East Karelian flag.
Marco Pribilla, 10 Jan 2003
This flag, with medium blue, is listed under number 89 at the chart
Flags of Aspirant Peoples [eba94] as:
«Vepsians - North-West Russia».
Ivan Sache, 15 Sep 1999
The Vepsians, also known as Veps, speak a language belonging to
the Finno-Ugric branch of the Uralic language family. They live in
the area south of Karelia,
between the lakes Ladoga and Onega
[in Leninigrad Region].
In the 1989 Soviet census, they were numbered at
12 501.
Jan Oskar Engene, 20 Mar 1996
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