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Evenkia

• 1977–2007
• former Autonomous Okrug of the Evenks
• former federal component of the Russian Federation (Russia)
• former own name: Evenkijski avtonomny okrug
• today 'Evenkiysky District', part of the Krasnoyarsk Region

Contents

• Flag

• Meaning/Origin of the Flag

• Coat of Arms

• Maps

• Numbers and Facts

• History

Flag

since 1995,
Flag of the District and of the Okrug of the Evenks,
ratio = 1:2 (2:3),
Source: Wikipedia (EN)

Meaning/Origin of the Flag

The flag was adopted on 23rd of May in 1995. It shows three horizontal stripes in light blue, white and blue, but the white stripe is slightly wider and in its middle appeares in red a Kumalan, the traditional sun symbol of the evenks. The colours represent the Polar Day and the Polar Night in Northern Siberia. It is also possible that the flag was originally adopted in a side ratio of 2:3.

Source: Wikipedia (EN)

Coat of Arms

Coat of arms of Evenkia,
Source: Source by: wikimedia.org,
By Unknown [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

Maps

Geographical position within Russia:

Source: Library of Congress, modyfied by: Volker Preuß
vergrößern/enlarge – hier klicken/click here

Map of the country:

Source: PANONIAN, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

Numbers and Facts

Area: 284.672 square miles

Inhabitants: 17.300 (2006), thereof 62% Russians, 22% Evenks, 6% Yakuts

Density of Population: 0,06 inh./sq.mi. (2006)

Capital: Tura, 5.535 inh. (2010)

official Languages: Russian, Evenkian

other Languages: Yakutian

Currency: look Russia

Time Zone: GMT + 7 h

Source: Wikipedia (D)

History

17th cent. · Russian colonization

1922 · establishment of the Soviet power

7th of October 1977 · establishment of the National District of the Evenks

31st of December in 1991 · the Soviet Union dissolves, the constitution of the Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic (RSFSR, Russia), a former substate of the Soviet Union, remains in force for the time being

25th of December in 1993 · a new constitution for Russia (Russian Federation) comes into force, and the relationships with the members of the federation is re-regulated in this way

2005 · plebiscite for the dissolution of the country and the annexion to the Russian Region of Krasnoyarsk

1st of January 2007 · conversion of the 'Autonomous District of the Evenks' into the 'Evenk District' and the annexion to the Russian Region of Krasnoyarsk

Source: Atlas zur Geschichte, World Statesmen, Die Völker der Erde, Wikipedia (D)