List of Belarusian flags
The following is a list of flags of Belarus.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
.svg) | 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 | |
.svg) | 2000–2012 | Flag of the Armed Forces | |
 | 2012–present | Flag of the Armed Forces | Ornament pattern modified in 2012 |
.svg) | ?–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). |
.png) |  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. |
.svg) | 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
[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 | |
.svg) | 1996–present | Communist Party of Belarus | Flag of the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (1951–1991) |
  | 1994–present | Liberal Democratic Party of Belarus | |
.svg) | 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 | |||
_with_Arms_(2020).svg) | 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. |
,_fictional_enemy_republic_for_Zapad_2017_exercise.svg) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
.svg) | since 1918 (in exile after 1919) | White-red-white flag Belarusian Democratic Republic | Proportions: 1:2 |
.svg) | 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 |
.svg) | 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 | |
.svg) | 1937–1940 | Flag of the Byelorussian SSR | |
| 1942–1944 | Belarusian Central Council | |
 | 1943–1945 | Union of Belarusian Youth | |
.svg) | 1944–1951 | Flag of the Byelorussian SSR | |
| 1951–1991 | Flag of the Byelorussian SSR | |
.svg) | 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 |
.svg) | 1995–2012 |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Указ Президента Республики Беларусь Об утверждении Положения о Государственном флаге Республики Беларусь | Геральдика.ру". Geraldika.ru. Retrieved 2012-08-15.
- ^ "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.
- ^ ""Прыйшоў час галіць вусы": "Пошуг" зрабіў новае графіці ў Менску. Фотафакт" (in Belarusian).