List of Azerbaijani flags

This is a list of flags used in Azerbaijan.

National flag

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1991	Flag of the Republic of Azerbaijan	Three horizontal stripes, the upper stripe of blue colour, the middle stripe red and the lower one green with a white crescent and eight-pointed star in the middle of the red stripe on both sides of the flag. The proportion of the width to the length is 1 to 2.

Governmental flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1992–present	Presidential standard	National tricolour with the coat of arms in the center
	2004–present	Presidential standard (at sea)	Naval ensign with national tricolour and the coat of arms in the center

Military flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1991	Flag of the Azerbaijani Land Forces
	1991	Ensign of the Azerbaijani Navy	As Azerbaijan was formerly a Soviet republic, the naval ensign of Azerbaijan closely mimics the old Soviet equivalent; a star and crescent replaces the red star, a blue anchor replaces the hammer and sickle, and what used to be a simple light blue bar at the bottom of the flag has been replaced by a wavy sort of pattern.
	1991	Flag of the State Border Service of Azerbaijan	A green flag with the flag of the Navy in the canton
	1991	Flag of the Azerbaijani Air and Air Defence Force

Historical flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1858–1883	Flag of the Russian Empire	A rectangular cloth with three equal horizontal stripes: the upper stripe black, middle stripe yellow, and lower stripe white.
	1883–1917	Flag of the Russian Empire	A rectangular cloth with three equal horizontal stripes: the upper stripe white, middle stripe blue, and lower stripe red. The ratio of the width of the flag to its length is 2 to 3.
	1813–1917	Ensign of the Imperial Russian Navy	A blue saltire on a white field
	1918	Flag of the Centrocaspian Dictatorship	Three horizontal stripes, the upper and lower stripes of light blue colour and the middle stripe red.
	1918	Flag of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic	Source for the design of the current flag
	1918	Flag of the Baku Commune	Bears the text Бакинскiй Совнаркомь (Bakinskiy Sovnarkom)
	1918–1920	Flag of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic	Same as current flag
	1920–1921	Flag of the Azerbaijan Socialist Soviet Republic
	1930s - 1936	Flag of the Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic	Later flag of the Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic
	1937–1940	Flag of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic
	1940–1952	Flag of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic
	1952–1991	Flag of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic	Last flag of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic
		Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flag Reverse flag	All flags of the constituent republics of the Soviet Union did not bear the hammer and sickle on their reverse side.
	1937–1940	Flag of the Nakhichevan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic	One version of the flag of the Nakhichevan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. Later versions bore the text "Нахчыван МССР" (Naxçıvan MSSR, meaning Nakhichevan ASSR), placed on the flag of the Azerbaijan SSR of the time, without the Armenian name.
	1952–1991	Flag of the Nakhichevan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic	Last flag of the Nakhichevan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
	1922–1923	Flag of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
	1923–1924	Flag of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
	1924–1936	Flag of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
	1936–1955	Flag of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics	A red cloth, with the image at its upper hoist corner of a gold hammer and sickle, and above them a red five-pointed star, framed in gold. The ratio of width to length is 1:2.
	1955–1980	Flag of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics	Slight change of the hammer and sickle design from the previous Soviet national flag
	1980–1991	Flag of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics	Slightly brighter red from the previous Soviet national flag
	1946–1991	Flag of the Soviet Army
	1924–1935	Ensign of the Naval Fleet of the USSR
	1935–1950	Ensign of the Naval Fleet of the USSR
	1950–1992	Ensign of the Naval Fleet of the USSR	Slight modification from previous design