List of Belarusian flags

The following is a list of flags of Belarus.

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National flag and State flag

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

Governmental flags

FlagDateUseDescription
December 11, 1997—present Presidential flagProportions: 5:6
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 GuardGreen with a red saltire with the State coat of arms in the center.
2000—2009 Chief of Staff of Border GuardGreen with a red saltire with the Border Guard emblem in the center.
March 5, 2001—Present State Committee of AviationBlue with a triangle, in the ceter of which the symbol of the SCA is placed.
March 5, 2001—Present CustomsGreen flag with the emblem of the Belarusian customs in the center.

Military flag

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

Historical flags

FlagDateUseDescription
1995—2012
1991—1995 State flag and civil ensignProportions: 1:2
1951—1991 Flag of the Byelorussian SSR
1944—1951 Flag of the Byelorussian SSR
1941–1944 German occupation
1942—1944 Belarusian Central Rada
1937—1940 Flag of the Byelorussian SSR
1919—1937 Flag of the Soviet Socialist Republic of Belarus
1920—1922 Republic 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 Pahonia
1919—1919 Lithuanian-Byelorussian SSR
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
since 1918 (in exile after 1919) Belarusian Democratic RepublicProportions: 1:2
17th century Royal Banner of the Polish–Lithuanian CommonwealthRed, white and red with the royal coat of arms in the centre
15th century Royal Banner of the Grand Duchy of LithuaniaRed flag with a white chaser (Pahonia)

Subdivision flags

FlagDateUseDescription
2001—Present City of Minsk Blue with the Minsk Coat of Arms of 1591 in the center.
2004—Present Brest Voblast Blue with a yellow zoubre (Bison bonasus) on a red stylized tower (coat of arms of the Region of Brest).
2005—Present Homiel Voblast 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–Present Hrodna Voblast 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—Present Mahilyow 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—Present Minsk Voblast 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—Present Vitsebsk Voblast 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

See also

References

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