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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 ...
Flag of the Soviet Socialist Republic of Belarus: Plain red flag 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 ...
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 ; 12 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 ...
Belarus-born Andrei Gromyko (right) served as Soviet foreign minister (1957–1985) and as Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet (1985–1988) After World War II, the Byelorussian SSR was given a seat in the United Nations General Assembly together with the Soviet Union and Ukrainian SSR, becoming one of the founding members of the UN.
In the Soviet version, a hammer and sickle were placed near the top-hoist corner and the ornament colours were inverted. Several flags used by government officials and agencies were based on the national flag. Despite being replaced, the former flag of Belarus is used by those who oppose the current Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko. [2]
The republic was re-established under the same name on 31 July 1920. However, in traditional Soviet historiography it has been referred to as the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (BSSR), its name after the incorporation into the Soviet Union in 1922.
The popularity of Pahonia in Belarus rose again during the mass protests that followed a controversial presidential election of 2020. The Pahonia, in its version as the coat of arms of Belarus in 1991–1995, was actively used by pro-democracy protesters in Belarus and at solidarity events internationally alongside the white-red-white flag.
The flag of the Soviet Union served as a starting point for each Soviet Republic's own flag.. The flags of the Soviet Socialist Republics were all defaced versions of the flag of the Soviet Union, which featured a golden hammer and sickle and a gold-bordered red star (the only exception being the Georgian SSR, which used a red hammer and sickle and a fully red star) on a red field.