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During the 1940s, the hammer and sickle and red star were removed from the flag, and a gold border was added to the letters. This flag remained in use until the adoption of the 1951 flag. In August 1991, the white-red-white flag was reintroduced as the new flag of the newly independent Belarus. In 1995, the 1951 version was reused with minor ...
Republic of Belarus Use National flag and ensign Proportion 1:2 Adopted 25 December 1951 ; 73 years ago (1951-12-25) (Soviet version) 7 June 1995 ; 29 years ago (1995-06-07) (original design with a thinner ornament pattern) 10 February 2012 ; 13 years ago (2012-02-10) (current design with a thicker ornament pattern) Design A unequal horizontal bicolour of red over green in a 2:1 ratio, with a ...
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 ...
The name Belarus is closely related with the term Belaya Rus', i.e., White Rus'. [15] There are several claims to the origin of the name White Rus'. [16] An ethno-religious theory suggests that the name used to describe the part of old Ruthenian lands within the Grand Duchy of Lithuania that had been populated mostly by Slavs who had been Christianized early, as opposed to Black Ruthenia ...
Above the hammer and sickle, the letters Б.С.С.Р are shown in black, denoting the name of the republic. БССР (BSSR) is an abbreviation for the full name of the republic; "Беларуская Савецкая Сацыялістычная Рэспубліка", the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic. The shield is framed by ears of ...
There are several claims to the origin of the name White Rus'. [5] An ethno-religious theory suggests that the name used to describe the part of old Ruthenian lands within the Grand Duchy of Lithuania that had been populated mostly by early Christianized Slavs, as opposed to Black Ruthenia, which was predominantly inhabited by pagan Balts. [6]
The elements of the emblem include a ribbon in the colours of the national flag, a map of Belarus, wheatears and a red star. At the base of the ribbon, it says the country's official name in the Belarusian language. The emblem is an allusion to the one used by the Byelorussian SSR, designed by Ivan Dubasov in 1950.
Likewise, the adjective Belorussian or Byelorussian was replaced by Belarusan, [25] which sounds like population's historical name of Ruthene, since independence and til 1995, when neo-soviet regime of Lukashenko restored soviet coat of arms, soviet flag and pushed for more Russia-like Belarusian adjective.