The flag of Slovenia is a rectangular panel of three horizontal equal-sized stripes: the upper - white, middle - blue and lower - red, with the image of the coat of arms of Slovenia in the roof . The ratio of the width of the flag to its length is 1: 2.
| Flag of the Republic of Slovenia | |
|---|---|
| Republic of Slovenia | |
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| Approved by | June 27, 1991 |
| Proportion |  1: 2 |
  2: 3 | |
| Previous flags | |
 January 18, 1947 - June 27, 1991 Flag of the People's Republic of Slovenia (from 07.07.1963 - Socialist Republic of Slovenia ) as part of the Federal Republic of Socialist Republic (from 07.07.1963 - SFRY ) | |
The emblem depicts the silhouette of the highest mountain in Slovenia - Triglava , three yellow stars on a blue field, taken from the coat of arms of the Counts of Celjsk , and symbolically depicting the Adriatic Sea and the rivers of Slovenia.
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Flag History
The colors of the flag coincide with the Pan-Slavic . It was officially adopted by Slovenian patriots in 1848 [1] , whom the colors of the flag of Russia pushed an order of colors [2] . The flag was associated with Slovenia and during its stay as part of Yugoslavia . In 1945, a red star was placed on the flag of the Socialist Republic of Slovenia . After independence, the star was removed from the flag, and the new flag was officially adopted on June 27, 1991 and raised a day earlier at Republic Square in Ljubljana.
Flag Swap
In 2003, a campaign was launched, the purpose of which is to change the design of the Slovenian flag to a new one, in connection with the similarity with the flag of Russia and the flag of Slovakia . However, in Slovenia there is no consensus on the change of the flag.
Slovenia flag design, version 1
Slovenia flag design, version 2
Slovenia flag design, version 3
Similar flags
Russian flag Flag of the Lusatian Serbs (1848) Flag of Slovakia (1992) Flag of Serbia (2004) Flag of Croatia (1939) Czech Republic Flag (1920) [3] Flag of Republika Srpska (1992) Flag of the Republika Srpska Krajina (1992) Flag of Crimea (1992)
Notes
- ↑ FLAG OF SLOVENIA
- ↑ Vilinbakhov G.V. State Heraldry in Russia: Theory and Practice
- ↑ Nancy M. Wingfield. 5. National Myths and the Consolidation of the Czechoslovak State // Flag Wars and Stone Saints: How the Bohemian Lands Became Czech . - Cambridge, Massachusetts, and London, England: Harvard University Press, 2007 .-- P. 135. - ISBN 0-674-02582-2 .
Links
- Flags of Slovenia (Slovenian )