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image by Tomislav Šipek, 26 January 2020
image by António Martins, 24 April 2000
I’ve just arrived from a weekend in Nizhniy Novgorod, where I had been
almost three years ago. That first time I saw the flag reported
bellow, but now it seem to have disappeared, giving
place to a white flag with the complete city coat of arms in full color
— a vexillographic step back, in my humble opinion. I know not the legal
standing of this flag, though I’m sure it stands for the city, not for
the region, as the coat of arms details on this flag match those of the
city and not those of the region (though both have the same heraldic
charges).
António Martins, 24 April 2000
The flag of Nizhni Novgorod is a banner of arms.
Tomislav Šipek,
26 January 2020
On 2:3 red the city’s coat of arms (shield only),
red outlined yellow,
a yellow deer. (NB: usually the coat of arms is brown on
silver, only in the flag it is gold on red.) I made this
image out of local observation, and drawn it from actual
photos. I’m also not sure if it is the city’s or the region’s
flag. I’m more inclined to suppose that it is the city’s
because I saw it in early 1997, when most regions had not
adopted flags yet, but I’m not really sure.
António Martins, 23 June 1997 and 18 February 1999
The coat of arms is exactly as described,
but the flag is plain red with a red Samnitic shield outlined
yellow in the middle and on it a yellow deer.
António Martins, 17 December 1998
I just found something that surprised me. In Russia
usually city rayons don't have proper coat of arms and
flags, but emblems only. But it seems things are
changing. On the official website of Avtozavodskiy
rayon of the City of Nizhniy Novgorod in
Nizhegorodskaya Oblast', in Russia, is shown a photo
of the Head of Administration with three flags a front
of him on a table. The first one (from his left) is
Russian flag and the second and third are (obviously)
the flags of the rayon. The flag is white with blue
emblem in the middle and in red Cyrillic letters in
Russian Avtozavodskiy rayon (probably) above the
emblem. The emblem itself is shown in the upper left
corner of the page.
Valentin Poposki, 2 September 2005