List of Belarusian flags

Summary

The following is a list of flags of Belarus.

State flag edit

Flag Date Use Description
  June 7, 1995[1]–present (ornament pattern modified in 2012)[2] State flag and civil ensign Proportions: 1:2
  Vertical flag

Presidential flag edit

Flag Date Use Description
  December 11, 1997–2012 Presidential flag
  2012–present Presidential flag Proportions: 5:6

Presidential institutions edit

Flag Date Use Description
  Flag of Academy of Public Administration under the aegis of the President of the Republic of Belarus
  Flag of National Academy of Sciences of Belarus
  Flag of State Forensic Examination Committee of the Republic of Belarus

Military flags edit

Flag Date Use Description
  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 Flag of DOSAAF 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
  Flag of the Special Forces of Belarus

Governmental flags edit

Flag Date Use Description
  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.
  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 edit

Flag Administrative division Adopted Description
    Minsk City 2001 Blue with the Minsk Coat of Arms of 1591 in the center.
    Brest Region 2004 Blue with a yellow zoubre (Bison bonasus) on a red stylized tower (coat of arms of the Region of Brest).
    Gomel Region 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.
    Grodno Region 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
    Mogilev Region 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.
    Minsk Region 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
    Vitebsk Region 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 edit

Flag Date Party Description
Current
  2018–present Combat Organization of Anarcho-Communists
  2007–present Belaya Rus
  2005–present Belarusian Social Democratic Party
  2004–present Right Alliance and Belarusian Freedom Party
  1999–present Conservative Christian Party – BPF
  1996–present Communist Party of Belarus Flag of the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (1951–1991)
 
 
1994–present Liberal Democratic Party of Belarus
  1994–present Republican Party
  1992–present Belarusian Agrarian Party
  ?–present National Bolshevik Party of Belarus
Former
  1995–1999 Belarusian Peasant Party
 
 
1919–1930s Belarusian Peasant Party "Green Oak"be
Other
  2020 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]

Minority flags edit

Flag Date Use Description
 
 
Flags of Lipka Tatars Top: A white-red-white flag with a crescent moon and a five-pointed star.
Bottom: Flag is based on the flag of the Golden Horde.

Historical flags edit

Flag Date Use Description
  17th century Royal Banner of Poland–Lithuania
  1858–1896 State flag of the Russian Empire
  1896–1917 National flag of the Russian Empire
  1918 Flag of the German Empire
  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 Lithuanian–Byelorussian SSR Plain red flag
  1919 Flag of The Second Polish Republic
  1919–1937 Flag of the Soviet Socialist Republic of Belarus Plain red flag
  1920–1922 Flag of The Republic of Central Lithuania
  1937–1940 Flag of the Byelorussian SSR
  1942–1944 Belarusian Central Council
  1943–1945 Union of Belarusian Youth
  1944–1951 Flag of the Byelorussian SSR
  1951–1991 Flag of the Byelorussian SSR
    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

Former national flag proposals edit

Flag Date Use Description
  Proposed in 1991, never used Proposed flag for Belarus.
  Proposed in 1992, never used Proposed flag for Belarus. A red Scandinavian Cross on a white field with the Pahonia in the centre of the cross.
  Proposed in 1995, never used Alexander Lukashenko's proposed flag for Belarus. A red field with small green bars at the top and bottom.
  Proposed in 1995, never used Proposed flag for Belarus. A horizontal tricolor of blue, red and green with a white ornamental pattern on a red vertical stripe at the hoist.
  Proposed in 1995, never used Proposed flag for Belarus. A horizontal tricolor of white, red and green with a white ornamental pattern on a red vertical stripe at the hoist.
  Proposed in 1995, never used Proposed flag for Belarus. A horizontal tricolor of white, red and green.
  Around 2016, never used Different version of the 1992 proposal.

See also edit

References edit

  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. Archived from the original on 2012-12-05. Retrieved 2010-08-05.
  3. ^ ""Прыйшоў час галіць вусы": "Пошуг" зрабіў новае графіці ў Менску. Фотафакт" (in Belarusian).

External links edit

VEXILLOGRAPHIA - Флаги Беларуси