Flag of North Ossetia

The flag of the Republic of North Ossetia–Alania (Ossetian: Цӕгат Ирыстон — Аланийы тырыса, romanized: Cægat Iryston – Alanijy tyrysa; Russian: Флаг Северной Осетии – Алании, romanized: Flag Severnoy Osetii – Alanii), 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.[1]

Flag of North Ossetia

Flag of the Republic of North Ossetia–Alania
Proportion	1:2
Adopted	1991
Design	A Tri-Horizontal Bar flag with the colors White, Red, and Yellow similarly designed to the flag of South Ossetia
Standard of the head of the Republic of North Ossetia–Alania
Proportion	1:1
Adopted	1991
Design	A Tri-Horizontal Bar flag with the colors White, Red, and Yellow similarly designed to the flag of South Ossetia with emblem of North Ossetia in center of flag

Protestors in The Hague with Ossetian flags

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.