From: António Martins <nesto@chtts.ru>
Date: Sun 27 Aug 2000 06:36
To: flags@egroups.com
Subject: Re: [Flags] Yaroslavl, Russia
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Thanks, John, for the translation. I confess I was quite ashamed to report
details to the list. :-\ My russian language skills were good enough to
understand the text, but not good enough to compose a well deserved
rebuttal. I might do it in english, if I ever find an e-mail address to send
it to.

Anyway, the so-called journalist who wrote this story failed to give to his
readers a vital piece of info: the url of the FOTW-ws page about Yaroslavl.
Reading this page, it is clear to any honest and not completely stupid one
that this design is reported on our page just for information sake, and that
the real flag of the region (white, yellow and green) is adequately covered.

It is also clear that the the guilty party of having confused a russian
national flag plus a piece of wall with a new local flag is not me, but Petr
Exner. I, as editor, just created an image upon description. It is ironical 
that I get to be blamed of this piece of ill vexillology, as it is the kind 
of "research" I always fought (or rather grumbled ;-) against.

Anyway, we have now the issue completely solved, with the yellow, red and
blue flag definitively exposed as an observation mistake, including the
photo which originated it.

Still to be clarified are the words of mr. Diunov, stating that he was in
charge of the design of the real flag and CoA of Yaroslav Region, and that
these symbols are not approved yet (the article is not dated), while we have
on FOTW-ws positive info about approval date, decree number, etc. Perhaps
Pascal Gross could activate his local contact on this point?

Relevant urls:

http://fotw.digibel.be/flags/ru-yar.html
 Yaroslavl Region flags | Flags of the World website
http://centertv.yaroslavl.su/analyt/kolumn/flag.htm
 Flag - cvet kotorogo ne znaet nikto | Gubernskii~ E^kspress

--António Martins-Tuvalkin
