Flag of Buryatia
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The Flag of Buryatia is the official tricolour banner of the Russian republic of Buryatia, featuring blue, white, and yellow horizontal stripes with a traditional Buddhist Soyombo symbol that reflects the region’s cultural and historical identity.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Flag of Buryatia canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11549896 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Flag of Buryatia Context triple: [Republic of Buryatia, flag, Flag of Buryatia]
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A.
Flag of the Sakha Republic
The Flag of the Sakha Republic is a horizontal tricolour of light blue, white, and red with a green stripe and a central white disk, symbolizing the region’s sky, snow, land, and sun in northeastern Russia.
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B.
Flag of Kalmykia
The Flag of Kalmykia is a bright yellow field featuring a blue circle with a white lotus, symbolizing the Buddhist heritage and steppe culture of this Russian republic.
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C.
Flag of the Altai Republic
The Flag of the Altai Republic is a light blue and white horizontal bicolour with thin blue stripes near the bottom, symbolizing the region’s sky, mountains, and cultural heritage within the Russian Federation.
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D.
Flag of Mongolia
The Flag of Mongolia is a vertical tricolor of red, blue, and red featuring the traditional Soyombo symbol, representing the nation’s independence, heritage, and identity.
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E.
Flag of Krasnoyarsk
The Flag of Krasnoyarsk is the official municipal banner of the Russian city of Krasnoyarsk, typically featuring regional symbols and colors that represent its historical and cultural identity.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Flag of Buryatia Target entity description: The Flag of Buryatia is the official tricolour banner of the Russian republic of Buryatia, featuring blue, white, and yellow horizontal stripes with a traditional Buddhist Soyombo symbol that reflects the region’s cultural and historical identity.
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A.
Flag of the Sakha Republic
The Flag of the Sakha Republic is a horizontal tricolour of light blue, white, and red with a green stripe and a central white disk, symbolizing the region’s sky, snow, land, and sun in northeastern Russia.
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B.
Flag of Kalmykia
The Flag of Kalmykia is a bright yellow field featuring a blue circle with a white lotus, symbolizing the Buddhist heritage and steppe culture of this Russian republic.
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C.
Flag of the Altai Republic
The Flag of the Altai Republic is a light blue and white horizontal bicolour with thin blue stripes near the bottom, symbolizing the region’s sky, mountains, and cultural heritage within the Russian Federation.
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D.
Flag of Mongolia
The Flag of Mongolia is a vertical tricolor of red, blue, and red featuring the traditional Soyombo symbol, representing the nation’s independence, heritage, and identity.
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E.
Flag of Krasnoyarsk
The Flag of Krasnoyarsk is the official municipal banner of the Russian city of Krasnoyarsk, typically featuring regional symbols and colors that represent its historical and cultural identity.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
flag
ⓘ
regional flag ⓘ state symbol ⓘ |
| adoptedOn | 1992-10-29 ⓘ |
| adoptionYear | 1992 ⓘ |
| belongsTo | subnational flags of Russia ⓘ |
| blueSymbolism |
Baikal waters
ⓘ
sky ⓘ |
| bottomStripeColor | yellow ⓘ |
| category |
Flags introduced in 1992
ⓘ
Flags of federal subjects of Russia ⓘ |
| color |
blue
ⓘ
white ⓘ yellow ⓘ |
| country | Russia ⓘ |
| design | horizontal tricolour ⓘ |
| legalStatus | defined by law of the Republic of Buryatia ⓘ |
| middleStripeColor | white ⓘ |
| previousFlag | flag of the Buryat ASSR ⓘ |
| proportion | 1:2 ⓘ |
| represents | Republic of Buryatia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| representsCulture |
Buddhism
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Buryat people NERFINISHED ⓘ Mongolic heritage ⓘ |
| representsRegion |
Lake Baikal region
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Siberia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scriptDirection | none ⓘ |
| shape | rectangular ⓘ |
| status | official flag ⓘ |
| stripeCount | 3 ⓘ |
| symbol | Soyombo symbol NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| symbolColor | yellow ⓘ |
| symbolOrigin | Mongolian Soyombo symbol NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| symbolPosition |
hoist side
ⓘ
upper blue stripe ⓘ |
| symbolType | Buddhist Soyombo symbol ⓘ |
| topStripeColor | blue ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Government of the Republic of Buryatia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Parliament of the Republic of Buryatia NERFINISHED ⓘ Republic of Buryatia NERFINISHED ⓘ official institutions of Buryatia ⓘ |
| usedSince | 1992 ⓘ |
| whiteSymbolism |
peace
ⓘ
purity ⓘ |
| yellowSymbolism |
Buddhism
ⓘ
prosperity ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: Flag of Buryatia Description of subject: The Flag of Buryatia is the official tricolour banner of the Russian republic of Buryatia, featuring blue, white, and yellow horizontal stripes with a traditional Buddhist Soyombo symbol that reflects the region’s cultural and historical identity.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.