Flag of the Gostilitsky rural settlement

"The flag of the municipality The Gostilitsky rural settlement of the Lomonosov municipal district of the Leningrad region is a rectangular panel with a ratio of flag width to length - 2: 3, reproducing the composition of the coat of arms of the municipality of the Gostilitsky rural settlement of the Lomonosov municipal district of the Leningrad region in red, white and yellow colors."

The heraldic description of the coat of arms reads as follows: “ In a scarlet (red) field under a silver raised narrow toothed rafter inscribed at the top, four golden maple leaves connected by cuttings, folded into a straight cross, with pair of golden catkins folded and diverging to the sides, extending between the leaves in an oblique cross, cuttings which are threaded under the leaves and closed with the completion of the cuttings of the leaves . "

The name of the village comes from the word "guests" - merchants, visiting people - and is often found in Novgorod scribal books of the 16th century. Once this ancient settlement, which in Novgorod was part of the Dyatlitsky Pogost, was located on the banks of a deep and navigable river. Its channel passed along the bottom of the current ravine. Visiting merchants - “guests” arrived here along this water trade route, trade was briskly going on in the village.

After the end of the Northern War and the liberation of the region from the Swedes, Peter I presented the Gostilitsa manor to one of his close associates - Burkhard Christopher Minich .

Minich was not only a field marshal, but, first of all, a talented engineer. Minich supervised the construction of the Ladoga canals, erected docks in Kronstadt , was "the chief director of the fortifications." Minih supervised the construction of the Bypass Canal in St. Petersburg, a lock on the Tosna River, and the Petersburg – Shlisselburg road. Since 1724, on the personal instructions of Emperor Peter the Great, Minikh led the construction of the Ladoga Canal .

A reminder of Minikh as a well-known fortification engineer on the flag of the Gostilitsky rural settlement is a white-toothed rafter. This symbol also reminds of the Comic Fortress located nearby.

Two natural monuments located on the territory of the Gostilitsky rural settlement are included in the Red Book of Nature of the Leningrad Region. One of them is the Gostilitsky Regional Botanical Reserve. It was organized by Decision of the Leningrad Executive Committee No. 145 of March 29, 1976 at the suggestion of the BIN RAS in order to protect the standard of forest vegetation of the Ordovik plateau. Reapproved by Decree of the Government of the Leningrad Region No. 494. Located between the villages of Gostilitsy and Lopukhinka. Area - 1595 ha. The dominant type of vegetation is spruce trees mixed with linden and maple.

In the vicinity of the village of Gostilitsy is another protected natural monument - Gostilitsky slope. The justification of the organization of the protected natural area was prepared by the Scientific Research Institute of St. Petersburg State University on the proposal of the Botanical Garden of St. Petersburg State University with the aim of preserving the population of a rare species of flora of the Leningrad Region - the long-standing lunar. Area - about 75 hectares. The territory is located on the slope of the Bachti-Ladoga ledge, in its lower part, occupied by deciduous forest. The forest consists of ash and maple, reaching a diameter of 30 cm and a height of 25 m.

Maple leaves with catkins serve as a reminder of the unique broad-leaved forests in the vicinity of Gostilits.

Red color - power, power, nobility, law, courage, courage, fearlessness.

White color ( silver ) - purity of thoughts, truthfulness, innocence, nobleness, frankness, integrity, hope.

Yellow color ( gold ) - power, strength, constancy, nobility, justice, fidelity.