List of Belarusian flags

The following is a list of flags of Belarus.

National flag and State flag

FlagDateUseDescription
June 7, 1995[1]
—Present (Ornament pattern modified in 2012)[2]
State flag and civil ensignProportions: 1:2

Governmental flags

FlagDateUseDescription
December 11, 1997—presentPresidential flagProportions: 5:6
December 9, 1991—presentMinistry for Emergency Situations
2000—2009Border GuardGreen with a red saltire
2000—2009Chairman of State Committee of the Border GuardGreen with a red saltire with the State coat of arms in the center.
2000—2009Chief of Staff of Border GuardGreen with a red saltire with the Border Guard emblem in the center.
March 5, 2001—PresentState Committee of AviationBlue with a triangle, in the center of which the symbol of the SCA is placed.
March 5, 2001—PresentCustomsGreen flag with the emblem of the Belarusian customs in the center.

Military flag

FlagDateUseDescription
2000—PresentFlag of the Armed Forces
March 8, 2005—PresentLand Forces FlagRed with an emblem of the Land Forced in full colors in the center.
2005—PresentAir ForcesAir force emblem responding to 2/5 of the total flag width is placed on a blue field of flag with yellow beams.
2003 —PresentFlag of DOSAAFEmblem of DOSAAF centered on a sky-blue background

Historical flags

FlagDateUseDescription
1995—2012
1991—1995State flag and civil ensign; today the white-red-white flag is used in opposition to the current governmentProportions: 1:2
1951—1991Flag of the Byelorussian SSR
1944—1951Flag of the Byelorussian SSR
1942—1944Belarusian Central Rada
1937—1940Flag of the Byelorussian SSR
1919—1937Flag of the Soviet Socialist Republic of Belarus
1920—1922Republic of Central LithuaniaRed flag with the coat of arms of Central Lithuania in the centre. The coat of arms features the Polish white eagle and the Belarusian Pahonia.
1919—1919Lithuanian-Byelorussian SSR
1919—1925Belarusian Democratic Republic (in exile)White with a red horizontal band of red, the central red stripe being bordered by a thin black stripes. In use besides the regular white-red-white flag
since 1918 (in exile after 1919)Belarusian Democratic RepublicProportions: 1:2
17th centuryRoyal Banner of the Polish–Lithuanian CommonwealthRed, white and red with the royal coat of arms in the centre
15th centuryRoyal Banner of the Grand Duchy of LithuaniaRed flag with a white chaser; origin of the Pahonia, a symbol once used as the coat of arms of Belarus

Subdivision flags

FlagDateUseDescription
2001—PresentCity of MinskBlue with the Minsk Coat of Arms of 1591 in the center.
2004—PresentBrest VoblastBlue with a yellow zoubre (Bison bonasus) on a red stylized tower (coat of arms of the Region of Brest).
2005—PresentHomiel VoblastGreen with the coat of arms of the Region of Homyel (Gomel) (only in the centre of an obverse side of the flag). Ratio: 1:2.
2007–PresentHrodna VoblastRed with the coat of arms of the Region of Hrodna (only in the centre of an obverse side of the flag). Ratio 1:2
2005—PresentMahilyow VoblastRed with the coat of arms of the Region of Mogilyov (only in the centre of an obverse side of the flag). Ratio: 1:2.
2007—PresentMinsk VoblastRed with the coat of arms of the Region of Minsk (only in the centre of an obverse side of the flag). Ratio 1:2
2009—PresentVitsebsk VoblastGreen with the coat of arms of the Region of Vitsebsk (only in the centre of an obverse side of the flag). Ratio 1:2

See also

References

  1. "Указ Президента Республики Беларусь Об утверждении Положения о Государственном флаге Республики Беларусь | Геральдика.ру". Geraldika.ru. Retrieved 2012-08-15.
  2. "STB 911–2008: National Flag of the Republic of Belarus. Technical Specifications" (in Russian). State Committee for Standardization of the Republic of Belarus. 2008. Retrieved 2010-08-05.
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