flag of Moscow

E42457

flag of a federal city of Russia municipal flag

The flag of Moscow is a crimson banner featuring Saint George mounted on a horse slaying a dragon, symbolizing the city’s historic patron and martial heritage.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Flag of Moscow	1
flag of Moscow canonical	1
flag of Moscow Oblast	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T323248 — 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 Moscow
Context triple: [Government of Moscow, usesSymbol, flag of Moscow]

A. Romani flag
The Romani flag is a blue-and-green bicolor with a red, sixteen-spoked chakra wheel in the center, symbolizing the Romani people's Indian origins, nomadic heritage, and shared identity.
B. Flag of Greece
The Flag of Greece is a national symbol featuring nine horizontal blue and white stripes with a white cross on a blue canton, representing Greek Orthodoxy and the country's struggle for independence.
C. Flag of the Finnish Defence Forces
The Flag of the Finnish Defence Forces is the official military flag of Finland, featuring national symbols that represent the country’s armed services and their authority.
D. Israeli flag
The Israeli flag is the national flag of Israel, featuring a blue Star of David between two horizontal blue stripes on a white background.
E. NATO flag
The NATO flag is the official emblem of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, featuring a white compass rose on a dark blue field to symbolize unity and collective defense among member states.
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 Moscow
Target entity description: The flag of Moscow is a crimson banner featuring Saint George mounted on a horse slaying a dragon, symbolizing the city’s historic patron and martial heritage.

A. Romani flag
The Romani flag is a blue-and-green bicolor with a red, sixteen-spoked chakra wheel in the center, symbolizing the Romani people's Indian origins, nomadic heritage, and shared identity.
B. Flag of Greece
The Flag of Greece is a national symbol featuring nine horizontal blue and white stripes with a white cross on a blue canton, representing Greek Orthodoxy and the country's struggle for independence.
C. Flag of the Finnish Defence Forces
The Flag of the Finnish Defence Forces is the official military flag of Finland, featuring national symbols that represent the country’s armed services and their authority.
D. Israeli flag
The Israeli flag is the national flag of Israel, featuring a blue Star of David between two horizontal blue stripes on a white background.
E. NATO flag
The NATO flag is the official emblem of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, featuring a white compass rose on a dark blue field to symbolize unity and collective defense among member states.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	flag of a federal city of Russia ⓘ municipal flag ⓘ
adopted	1995 ⓘ
associatedWith	Eastern Orthodox tradition ⓘ Moscow Kremlin ⓘ
backgroundColor	crimson ⓘ
basedOn	coat of arms of Moscow ⓘ linked to: Coat of arms of Moscow
capitalOfEntityRepresented	Russian Federation ⓘ linked to: Russia
category	Flags displaying animals ⓘ Flags of cities in Russia ⓘ Flags with crosses or saints ⓘ
country	Russia ⓘ
designElement	dragon beneath horse ⓘ mounted knight with spear ⓘ
emblem	Saint George slaying the dragon ⓘ linked to: Saint George and the Dragon
features	Saint George ⓘ linked to: Saint George of Lydda dragon ⓘ horse ⓘ
fieldColor	crimson ⓘ
governmentLevel	municipal ⓘ
heraldicCharge	Saint George on horseback ⓘ linked to: Saint George and the Dragon dragon ⓘ
iconographyType	Christian iconography ⓘ heraldic iconography ⓘ
languageOfOfficialDescription	Russian ⓘ
officialIn	Moscow ⓘ
orientation	horizontal ⓘ
patronSaintDepicted	Saint George ⓘ linked to: Saint George of Lydda
proportion	2:3 ⓘ
religiousFigureDepicted	Christian saint ⓘ Saint George ⓘ linked to: Saint George of Lydda
represents	city of Moscow ⓘ linked to: Moscow
scriptureOrLegendSource	legend of Saint George and the Dragon ⓘ linked to: Saint George and the Dragon
shape	rectangular ⓘ
status	official city flag ⓘ
symbolizes	martial heritage of Moscow ⓘ patron saint of Moscow ⓘ victory of good over evil ⓘ
theme	military victory ⓘ protection of the city ⓘ
usedBy	Government of Moscow ⓘ Mayor of Moscow ⓘ Moscow City Duma ⓘ
usesColor	crimson ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Government of Moscow → usesSymbol → flag of Moscow ⓘ

Mayor of Moscow → symbol → Flag of Moscow ⓘ

linked to: flag of Moscow

Moscow Oblast → hasSymbol → flag of Moscow Oblast ⓘ