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The national flag of Belarus is an unequal red-green bicolour with a red-on-white ornament pattern placed at the hoist (staff) end. The current design was introduced in 2012 by the State Committee for Standardisation of the Republic of Belarus, and is adapted from a design approved in a May 1995 referendum.
A variant of the 1991–1995 flag of Belarus, used by pro-democracy protestors. A white-red-white flag with the Pahonia coat of arms in the centre. 2017–present: Flag of Veyshnoria, used as an element of satire. 2000s: Pro-Union State flag: Flag used by some Belarusian anarchists [3]
This flag was a state symbol of the Belarusian People's Republic since 1918 and the Republic of Belarus in 1991–1995. [7] The original person behind the design of the flag is believed to have been Klawdziy Duzh-Dushewski before 1917 and this design is known in Belarusian as the byel-chyrvona-byely s'tsyah ( Бел-чырвона-белы ...
The white-red-white flag [a] is a historical flag used by the Belarusian Democratic Republic in 1918 before Western Belarus was occupied by the Second Polish Republic and Eastern Belarus was occupied by the Bolsheviks (two years later becoming the Belarusian SSR). The flag was then used by the Belarusian national movement in Western Belarus ...
List of Belarusian flags; B. ... Flag of the president of Belarus; M. Flag of Minsk region This page was last edited on 17 March 2018, at 10:05 (UTC). ...
Wrapped around the wheat stalks is a red and green ribbon bearing the colours of the flag of Belarus; the ribbon meets at the base of the emblem, where the name Republic of Belarus (Рэспубліка Беларусь) is inscribed in gold in Belarusian. At the top of the emblem, there is a five-pointed red star. [2]
The white-red-white flag is a common symbol of Belarusian nationalism, particularly among pro-western voices [1] Pahonia is the most popular heraldic symbol among Belarusian nationalists. Belarusian nationalism refers to the belief that Belarusians should constitute an independent nation.
During the 1940s, the hammer and sickle and red star were removed from the flag, and a gold border was added to the letters. This flag remained in use until the adoption of the 1951 flag. In August 1991, the white-red-white flag was reintroduced as the new flag of the newly independent Belarus. In 1995, the 1951 version was reused with minor ...