VI. STATE SYMBOLS AND THE CAPITAL

VI. STATE SYMBOLS AND THE CAPITAL OF THE REPUBLIC OF TATARSTAN

Article 160. The Republic of Tatarstan shall have the State emblem,the State flag and the State anthem which shall be official emblems and symbols expressing the sovereignty of The Republic of Tatarstan, originality and traditions of the people of Tatarstan.

Article 161. The State emblem of The Republic of Tatarstan shall be an image of a winged snow leopard with a buckler on its side, with its right foreleg elevated, against the sundisc, framed by the tatar folk ornament, with a legend in the bottom of it, which reads "Tatarstan".

Article 162. The State flag of The Republic of Tatarstan shall be a rectangular cloth with horizontal stripes of green, white and red color.The white stripe shall be 1/15 of flag width, located between equal green and red stripes. The green stripe shall be above.

The width-to-length ratio of the flag shall be 1:2.

Article 163. The State anthem of The Republic of Tatarstan shall be approved by the State Council of The Republic of Tatarstan.

Article 164. The capital of The Republic of Tatarstan shall be the city of Kazan.