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Design 2 unequal strips of blue on top and rerd on bottom, with an aurora in the middle of blue strip | ||
The Flag of the Murmansk Oblast consists of two bands of blue and red, the blue being much wider than the red. Within the blue is a stylized aurora. The aurora is said to represent the fact that the Murmansk Oblast is north of the Arctic Circle. The blue is supposed to represent beauty and greatness, while the red is supposed to represent courage and force.
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Flag of Murmansk Oblast Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA