The flag of Chuvashia was introduced on 29th of April in 1992 and shows in principle two horizontal stripes in gold and red. The broad golden stripe shows in the middle a stylized tree, a symbol for the rebirth, above the tree three traditional styled sun symbols. Red stands for the country, gold for its mineral resources. The flags, which were used in the Soviet era corresponded all to the same pattern as it was intended for the Soviet Autonomous Republics: Between 1923 and 1937 frequently only a single-coloured red bunting with a golden inscription, showing the name of the country. Sometimes only as a shortcut, sometimes the full name, sometimes only in Russian or even multilingual. From about 1937 hammer, sickle and star were sometimes added. From about the mid-50s multicolored flags were introduced for the republics of the Soviet Union, whose knitting patterns had to be taken over by the subordinated autonomous Soviet republics.
The coat of arms of Chuvashia shows the image of the flag, the tree, to the left and on the right flanked by leafs and fruits, above the shield three traditional styled sun symbols. In the banner the name of the country in Chuvashian and Russian.
early middle ages · evolution of the Chuvash as a finnougrian people
7th century · conquest and subjection by the Volga Bulgars, Turkization
1237 · Invasion of the Mongols, destruction of the Bulgar's Empire, Chuvashia comes to the Empire of the Golden Horde
1420 · disintegration of the Empire of the Golden Horde in several particular Khanates, Chuvashia comes to the Khanate of Kasan
1584 · the Khanate of Kasan gets conquered by Russia, Christianization
1769 · introduction of the Chuvash writing diction with cyrillic alphabet
1919 · establishment of the soviet dictatorship
24.06.1920 · establishment of the "Autonomous District of the Chuvash"
21.04.1925 · establishment of the "Chuvash Autonomous Socialistic Soviet Republic"
24.10.1990 · Chuvashia declares its sovereignty
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
31.03.1992 · new constitution as Republic of Chuvashia, end of the Soviet power
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
