Nalchik flag

“The flag of the Nalchik urban district of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic is a rectangular white cloth with a ratio of width to length 2: 3, in the center of which is surrounded by a blue spruce wreath with two spikes upward from the bottom and sides of the blue, inside of which the sun is blue with expanding rays, on top of the disk of which there is a white mountain with two peaks. ”

The horseshoe is a historically established symbol of the city located on the Nalchik River (the basin of the Terek River) at an altitude of 512 m above sea level on the Kabardian Plain in the semicircle of the snow-white peaks of the northern slopes of the Main Caucasian Range , and when viewed from above, the original settlement resembled a horseshoe.

“Nalchik” is translated from indigenous languages ​​and means “little horseshoe”.

A crescent-shaped horseshoe that forms a crescent means luck, protection, divine protection, rebirth, spiritual enlightenment, knowledge.

The two-headed mountain - Mount Elbrus - the symbol of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic and, accordingly, the symbol of the capital of the republic - Elbrus, connecting history and modernity, Europe and Asia, enabling the republic and the city to be one of the most beautiful and unique places in terms of their natural, historical and cultural characteristics Russian state.

Beautiful nature, clean air flowing down from the mountains of the Caucasus, a wonderful climate, and healing mineral springs created Nalchik the glory of a resort city, an all-Russian and international center of tourism, mountaineering and skiing.

Mountains are a symbol of eternity, purity, the desire for self-knowledge, a sanctuary of heroes and prophets, a symbol of ascent and aspiration.

Rays - the roads ascending from behind the peaks of Elbrus and illuminating the horseshoe, symbolize creative power, creative energy, spiritual enlightenment and speak of the versatility of the life of the city:

- multinational composition of the population - representatives of more than 100 nationalities live in the city, 11 national cultural centers operate;

- diversified economy - industry, agriculture, balneological resort. Nalchik is one of the centers of concentration of the political, economic and scientific potential of the North Caucasus Federal District , an administrative and cultural center.

The upper part of the rays in the form of teeth symbolizes the fortress, which was Nalchik in the early XIX century.

The blue color of the rays symbolizes the sources of healing mineral water that the Nalchik resort is famous for (there are 18 mineral springs of various physicochemical composition in the city).

Branches of silver (blue) spruce - a kind of business card of the city.

Municipal Unitary Experimental Agricultural Enterprise "Decorative Crops" is the first supplier of silver spruce seedlings in Russia and the CIS countries .

The breeder Ivan Porfiryevich Kovtunenko (1891-1989) was awarded the State Prize for the cultivation of seedlings of blue spruce seeds in the conditions of the republic, the birthplace of which is North America. Today, blue spruces from Nalchik - near the Kremlin wall on Red Square in Moscow , on Mamaev Kurgan , near the walls of the Brest Fortress .

Applicable colors:

- blue (light blue) - a symbol of nobility, purity, honor, dignity;

- green - spirituality, development, renewal, hope;

- white ( silver ) - purity, light, truth.

The first flag of the Nalchik urban district was approved on July 10, 2009 ^[2] , the flag provision was approved on August 11, 2009 ^[3] . September 16, 2011, taking into account the recommendations of the Heraldic Council under the President of the Russian Federation, the Local Government Council of the Nalchik urban district recognized these decisions as invalid and approved a new drawing and the Statute on the Flag ^[1] .

Description

“The flag of the city district of Nalchik is a rectangular panel with an aspect ratio of 1: 2 (width to length). 1/3 of the length of the panel from the side of the pole - the field is white. In the center of the field are the figures of the coat of arms of the city district of Nalchik: a stylized two-headed Elbrus with diverging (ascending) azure (blue) rays crowned with the numbers “1724” in green covers a green horseshoe with the word “Nalchik” written in white in the lower part of the center horseshoe bowl ".

Images of heraldic figures occupies 3/5 of the flag width and is placed in the center of the vertical field of white color. Relative to the horizontal of the flag, the figured composition is lowered and is shifted to the lower part (the upper part of the horseshoe coincides with the upper line of the lower part of 1/3 of the azure band). 2/3 of the length of the cloth is occupied by three equal stripes - azure (blue), white and green (from top to bottom), equal to 1/3 of the width of the cloth each, repeating the flag of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic .

Symbols

The horseshoe is a historically established symbol of the city located on the Nalchik River (the basin of the Terek River) at an altitude of 512 meters above sea level on the Kabardian Plain in the semicircle of the snow-white peaks of the northern slopes of the Main Caucasian Range, and when viewed from above, the original settlement resembles a horseshoe. “Nalchik” is translated from indigenous languages ​​and means “little horseshoe”.

A crescent-shaped horseshoe that forms a crescent represents protection, divine protection, rebirth, a sign of purity, spiritual enlightenment, knowledge.

The color of the horseshoe - green - indicates that one of the most picturesque green cities of the North Caucasus with a unique forest park in which relict trees are preserved, silver spruce trees grow, gardens with landscaped lawns, decorative flower beds and flower arrangements are broken.

The stylized two-headed mountain - Mount Elbrus is a symbol of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic and, accordingly, a symbol of the capital of the republic, connecting history and modernity, Europe and Asia, enabling the republic and the city to be one of the most beautiful and unique places of the Russian state in terms of their natural, historical and cultural characteristics.

Mountains are a symbol of eternity, purity, the desire for self-knowledge, a sanctuary of heroes and prophets, a symbol of ascent and aspiration.

Rays - the roads ascending from behind the peaks of Elbrus and illuminating the horseshoe, symbolize creative power, creative energy, spiritual enlightenment and speak of the versatility of the life of the city:

- multinational composition of the population (more than 100 nationalities);

- diversified economy (industry, agriculture, balneological resort).

Nalchik is one of the centers of concentration of the political, economic and scientific potential of the Southern Federal District , an administrative and cultural center.

The upper part of the rays in the form of teeth symbolize the fortress, which was Nalchik in the early XIX century.

The blue color of the rays symbolizes the sources of healing mineral water, which is famous for the resort of Nalchik.

White color symbolizes the snow-white peaks surrounding the city.