title: Flag of the Republic of North Ossetia–Alania
text: # Flag of the Republic of North Ossetia–Alania
  
  The flag of the Republic of North Ossetia–Alania (Ossetian: Цӕгат Ирыстон — Алани тырыса, romanized: Tsagât Irešton – Âlâni terešâ), a federal subject of Russia, is a tricolour, top to bottom white, red, and yellow. The flag is also said to represent the social structure of ancient Ossetian society, which was divided into three social groups forming an organic whole: the military aristocracy, the clergy, and ordinary people. The colours symbolise moral purity (white), martial courage (red) and wealth and prosperity (yellow). In blazons, the flag is described as Per fess Argent and Or, a fess Gules. The proportions are 1:2.
  
  Under the Soviet Union, North Ossetia had a predominantly red flag with blue trim on the left edge, the hammer and sickle and the words "North Ossetian ASSR" in both Russian and Ossetian. Shortly before the collapse of the Soviet Union, it was replaced with the present flag, which was adopted on 2 October 1991.
  
  ## Colour scheme
  
  | Colour model | White | Red | Yellow |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Pantone | Safe | Red 032 | Yellow 116 |
  | CMYK | 0.0.0.0 | 0.90.86.0 | 0.0.100.0 |
  | RGB | (255,255,255) | (250,60,50) | (255,255,0) |
  | HTML | #FFFFFF | #EF4135 | #FFFF00 |
  | NCS | S 0300 N | S 0580 Y80R | S 0570 G70Y |
  
  ## Historical Flags
  
  * Flag of North Ossetian SSR, and then of the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania (10 December 1991 - 24 November 1994)
  * Flag of North Ossetian ASSR, and then of the North Ossetian SSR (24 June 1981 - 2 October 1991)
  * Flag of North Ossetian ASSR (16 June 1954 - 24 June 1981)
  * Flag of North Ossetian ASSR (18 June 1938 - 16 June 1954), with the Ossetian language written in Cyrillic
  * Flag of North Ossetian ASSR (3 July 1937 - 29 July 1938), with Russian and Ossetian written in Latin
  * Flag of Mountainous Republic of the Northern Caucasus (1917-1922)
  