List of Belarusian flags explained
The following is a list of flags of Belarus.
State flag
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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| June 7, 1995[1] –present (ornament pattern modified in 2012)[2] | State flag and civil ensign | Proportions: 1:2 |
| | Vertical flag | | |
Presidential flag
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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| December 11, 1997–2012 | Presidential flag | |
| 2012–present | Presidential flag | Proportions: 5:6 | |
Presidential institutions
Military flags
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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| 2007–present | Flag of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Belarus | |
| 2000–2012 | Flag of the Armed Forces | |
| 2012–present | Flag of the Armed Forces | Ornament pattern modified in 2012 |
| ?–present | Flag of the Presidential Security Service of Belarus | The obverse of the flag bears the coat of arms of Belaurs and the inscription "Служба бяспекі прэзідэнта" (Presidential Security Service). |
| Reverse flag | The reverse of the flag bears the emblem of the Presidential Secret Service of Belarus and the inscription "Абавязак. Гонар. Айчына." (Duty. Honor. Fatherland.). |
| March 8, 2005–present | Flag of the Land Forces | Red, with emblem of the Land Forces in full colors in the center |
| 2005–present | Flag of the Air Forces | Air force emblem corresponding to 2/5 of the total flag-width, placed on a blue field with yellow beams |
| 2003–present | | Emblem of the Voluntary Society of Assistance to the Army, the Air Force and the Navy of the Republic of Belarus, centered on a sky-blue background |
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Governmental flags
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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| 2018–present | Ministry of Foreign Affairs | |
| 2018–present | Ministry of Labour and Social Protection | |
| 2018–present | Ministry of Economy | |
| 2018–present | Ministry of Agriculture and Food | |
| December 9, 1991–present | Ministry for Emergency Situations | |
| 2000–2009 | Border Guard | Green with a red saltire |
| 2000–2009 | Chairman of State Committee of the Border Guard | Green with a red saltire with the State coat of arms in the center. |
| 2000–2009 | Chief of Staff of Border Guard | Green with a red saltire with the Border Guard emblem in the center. |
| March 5, 2001–present | State Committee of Aviation | Blue with a triangle, in the center of which the symbol of the SCA is placed. |
| 1991–1995 | Customs | White-red-white flag with a Pahonia with a green border on the fly. |
| March 5, 2001–present | Customs | Green flag with the emblem of the Belarusian customs in the center. |
| March 5, 2001–present | Vitebsk Customs | | |
Subdivision flags
Flag | Administrative division | Adopted | Description |
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| | | 2001 | Blue with the Minsk Coat of Arms of 1591 in the center. |
| | | 2004 | Blue with a yellow zoubre (Bison bonasus) on a red stylized tower (coat of arms of the Region of Brest). |
| | | 2005 | Green 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 | Red 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 | Red 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 | Red 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 | Green with the coat of arms of the Region of Vitsebsk (only in the centre of an obverse side of the flag). Ratio 1:2 | |
Political flags
Historical flags
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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| since 1918 (in exile after 1919) | White-red-white flag Belarusian Democratic Republic | Proportions: 1:2 |
| 1919–1925 | Belarusian 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. Black stripes are believed to symbolize mourning. |
| 1918–1919 | | Plain red flag |
| 1919 | | |
| 1919–1937 | Flag of the Soviet Socialist Republic of Belarus | Plain red flag |
| 1920–1922 | | |
| 1937–1940 | | |
| 1942–1944 | Belarusian Central Council | |
| 1943–1945 | Union of Belarusian Youth | |
| 1944–1951 | Flag of the Byelorussian SSR | |
| 1951–1991 | | |
| Reverse flag | All flags of the constituent republics of the Soviet Union did not bear the hammer and sickle on their reverse side. |
| 1991–1995 | State flag and civil ensign; today the white-red-white flag is used in opposition to the current government | Proportions: 1:2 |
| 1995–2012 | | | |
See also
External links
VEXILLOGRAPHIA - Флаги Беларуси
Notes and References
- Web site: Указ Президента Республики Беларусь Об утверждении Положения о Государственном флаге Республики Беларусь | Геральдика.ру . Geraldika.ru . 2012-08-15.
- Web site: STB 911–2008: National Flag of the Republic of Belarus. Technical Specifications.. 2010-08-05. 2008. State Committee for Standardization of the Republic of Belarus. ru. https://archive.today/20121205153542/http://www.tnpa.by/ViewFileText.php?UrlRid=52178&UrlOnd=%D1%D2%C1%20911-2008. 2012-12-05. dead.
- Web site: "Прыйшоў час галіць вусы": "Пошуг" зрабіў новае графіці ў Менску. Фотафакт . be.