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armzngunz

Do ethnic karelians and komi people inside Russia identify more with their karelian/komi republic flags, or the nordic cross variants?

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I was wondering, since after the fall of the USSR, the republic of Karelia, as well as the republic of Komi got new flags, tricolours similar to the rest of Russia, though with different colours. From before, Karelia already had a flag, a nordic cross which was black, red and green, and I saw that there is a nordic cross flag for the Komi as well, which was fairly recently made with the same colours as the Komi republic flag. So I was wondering, for ethnic karelians and komi living in Russia today, I wonder which flag they identify most with? The more russian-esque tricolour, or the more scandinavian cross?

Posted Sep 2, 2025, 3:37 PM UTC

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