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Flag of the People's Republic of Macedonia (1946–1963) and Socialist Republic of Macedonia (1963–1991) A red flag with a gold-edged red star in the top-left corner. [1] 1944–1946: Flag of Democratic Federal Macedonia: A red flag with a gold-edged red star in the middle of the flag. 1941–1945: Flag of Yugoslav partisan movement
In 1992, Todor Petrov, president of the nationalist Macedonian diaspora organization World Macedonian Congress, proposed the Vergina Sun as the national symbol of the Republic of Macedonia (now North Macedonia). [7] On 11 August 1992, the newly independent Republic of Macedonia adopted the new flag to replace the old Communist "red star" insignia.
Macedonia (/ ˌ m æ s ɪ ˈ d oʊ n i ə / ⓘ MASS-ih-DOH-nee-ə; Greek: Μακεδονία, Makedonía), also called Macedon (/ ˈ m æ s ɪ d ɒ n / MASS-ih-don), was an ancient kingdom on the periphery of Archaic and Classical Greece, [6] which later became the dominant state of Hellenistic Greece. [7]
The Kingdom of Macedonia (in dark orange) in c. 336 BC, at the end of the reign of Philip II of Macedon; other territories include Macedonian dependent states (light orange), the Molossians of Epirus (light red), Thessaly (desert sand color), the allied League of Corinth (yellow), neutral states of Sparta and Crete, and the western territories of the Achaemenid Empire in Anatolia (violet purple).
Nevertheless, the flag is still used unofficially as a national symbol by many Macedonians and organisations in the Macedonian diaspora. [10] The Macedonian Lion first appears in the Fojnica Armorial from 17th century. On the coat of arms is a crown, inside a yellow-crowned lion is depicted standing rampant, on a red background.
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The current emblem is a revised version of the one adopted on July 27, 1946, by the Assembly of the People's Republic of Macedonia.The original version of 1946 represented the Pirin Mountains, which are outside the country's territory, but part of the larger geographical region of Macedonia in order to symbolize a future "United Macedonia" as part of a new Balkan federation.