Английская Википедия:Flag of Serbia

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The flag of Serbia (Шаблон:Lang-sr-Cyrl), also known as the Tricolour (Шаблон:Lang-sr-Cyrl), is a tricolour consisting of three equal horizontal bands, red on the top, blue in the middle, and white on the bottom (on civil flag), with the lesser coat of arms left of center (on state flag). The same tricolour, in altering variations, has been used since the 19th century as the flag of the state of Serbia and the Serb people. The current form of the flag was adopted in 2004 and slightly redesigned in 2010.[1]

History

Medieval flags

The son of King Stefan Vladislav (reigned 1233–1243), župan Desa, sent delegates from Kotor to Dubrovnik to bring back part of the king's treasury held at Ragusa, which they did on 3 July 1281; the inventory list included, among other things, "a flag of red and blue color".Шаблон:Sfn It is described as vexillum unum de zendato rubeo et blavo—"a flag of fabric red and blue"; zendato (Шаблон:Lang-sr) being a type of light, silky fabric.Шаблон:Sfn This is the oldest known attestation of colours of a Serbian flag; the oldest known Serbian flag was red and blue.Шаблон:Sfn But already in 1271 the flag colors of župan Desa were red and white.Шаблон:Sfn Although the color order is not known, the version with horizontal red and blue is sometimes used in medieval-themed events in modern Serbia.[2]

Hungarian King Bela IV mentioned in his charter dated 8 April 1268, that his army had defeated King Stefan Uroš I (reigned 1243–1276), and that when he hosted some foreign rulers, his magnates brought captured Serbs and "in the sign of triumph, the flag of King Uroš before the court of Bela IV, and erected it there".Шаблон:Sfn

In 1326, king Stefan Dečanski sent a delegate to the Mamluk Sultanate in Alexandria and sought a flag in yellow colour, to be used as a war flag.[3] The Byzantines mention that there were several war flags hoisted by the Serbs at the Battle of Velbazhd (1330), and the yellow one was likely one of those.Шаблон:Sfn

The oldest known drawing of a Serbian flag is from the 1339 map made by Angelino Dulcert; Serbia, at the time ruled by King Stefan Dušan, is represented by a white flag of a red double-headed eagle placed above the capital Skopje (Scopi).Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn Stefan Dušan was crowned Emperor in 1346; Dušan also adopted the Byzantine tetragramme with four fire-steels, which afterwards became an element of the Serbian flag until today (the Serbian cross).Шаблон:Sfn A flag in Hilandar, seen by Dimitrije Avramović, was alleged by the brotherhood to have been a flag of Emperor Dušan; it was a triband of red at the top and bottom and white in the centre.Шаблон:Sfn Emperor Dušan also adopted the Imperial divelion, which was purple and had a golden cross in the centre.Шаблон:Sfn Another of Dušan's flags was the Imperial cavalry flag, kept at the Hilandar monastery on Mount Athos; a triangular bicolor flag, of red and yellow.Шаблон:Sfn

Revolutionary flags

During the First Serbian Uprising, various flags were used. Among the early flags, the one described by Mateja Nenadović could be connected with today's flag and the first Serbian flag: it was red-blue-red with three white crosses.[4] Similar flags bearing only one Serbian cross could also be found. Regular armies of the uprising usually had light yellow flags with various symbols, while voivode flags were often red-white, and with a superimposed black two-headed eagle. There were also flags of other colors, including red-yellow, red-white-blue and red-blue. This variety of colors was followed by variety of symbols on the flags, most often taken from Hristofor Zhefarovich's book Stemmatographia of 1741. The most common symbol on the flags were the Serbian cross, followed by coat of arms of the Timok Valley (Tribalia) and various other crosses.Шаблон:Sfn Most of the flags were made in Sremski Karlovci, designed by Serbian painters Stefan Gavrilović, Ilija Gavrilović and Nikola Apostolović.Шаблон:Sfn These would carry over to the Second Serbian Uprising as well, alongside its own flags, the most well known of which being the Takovo flag, a white flag with a large red Greek cross in the center.[5]

Modern flags

The 1835 Sretenje Constitution described the colors of the Serbian flag as bright red, white and čelikasto-ugasita (that could be translated as steelish-dark).[6] The constitution was criticized, especially by Russia, and the flag was specifically singled out as being similar to the revolutionary flag of France.[7] Soon afterwards, Miloš Obrenović was requesting to the Porte that the new constitution should contain an article about the flag and coat of arms,Шаблон:Sfn and subsequent ferman allowed Serbs to use their own maritime flag, which will have "upper part of red, middle of blue, and lower of white", which is the first appearance of the colors that are used today.[8]

The colors of the current flag of Serbia are based on the symbolism of those of the flag of Russia since 1835, but these colors are the reverse of those on the flag of Russia, and various popular stories exist in Serbia which seek to explain why. An example:[9]

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Serbia used the red, blue and white tricolor as a national flag continuously from 1835 until 1918, when Serbia ceased to be a sovereign state after it joined the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, later known as Yugoslavia, the tricolor was a used as a Serbian civil flag, from 1918 to 1945. Also in 1918, a Serbian flag was flown over the White House in Washington, D.C. as a show of solidarity by the U.S. towards Serbia during World War I.[10][11][12][13]

After World War II, Yugoslavia was reformed into a socialist federal republic, composed of six republics, one of which was Serbia. Each republic was entitled to its own flag on the condition that it contained the socialist red star.[14] The standardization of the flags of the Yugoslav Republics meant that the flag of SR Serbia was identical to that of SR Montenegro, as they continued the use of the tricolours of the Kingdom of Serbia and the Kingdom of Montenegro respectively. Following the breakup of Yugoslavia, Serbia initially continued using the flag of Serbia as a Yugoslav republic; the 1990 Constitution of Serbia stated that flag and coat of arms of Serbia can only be changed by the same procedure used to change the constitution itself,[15] which required an absolute majority of voters to support it.[16] The 1992 Serbian constitutional referendum asked the voters to choose between the flag with and without the star, with red star gaining the majority of votes, however not the absolute majority of voters. The red star was nonetheless removed from the flag in 1992 by a recommendation by the Serbian parliament;[14][17] however, the coat of arms remained unchanged. In 2004, however, the National Assembly of Serbia issued a recommendation on use of the flag and coat of arms, that preferred using different symbols from the ones in the constitution. The 2006 Constitution of Serbia sanctioned that national symbols would be regulated by law;[18] the recommendation remained in use until 2009, when the actual Law on National Symbols was enacted.[19] On 11 November 2010, a visual redesign of the coat of arms was enacted, which is currently used on the state flag.[1]

The state flag of Serbia is also popular with Serbs in the Republika Srpska, who usually prefer to fly it instead of the national flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.[20]

Design

The state flag bears the lesser coat of arms, centred vertically and shifted to the hoist side by one-seventh of the flag's length.[21] The flag ratio is 2 to 3 (height/width), with three equal horizontal bands of red, blue and white, each taking one third of the height. Recommended colors (white and black are not documented in Pantone) are:[22] The colors have no officially-designated meaning, but traditionally red is taken to represent wartime bloodshed, blue freedom, and white human breastmilk.[23]

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State flag construction sheet
Scheme Red Purpure Шаблон:Ref Blue White Yellow Black
Pantone 1797C 704C 541C White 143C Black
CMYK 0-73-69-22 0-90-70-30 90-46-0-53 0-0-0-0 4-24-95-0 0-0-0-100
RGB 199-54-61 161-45-46 12-64-119 255-255-255 237-185-45 0-0-0
Hexadecimal #C7363D #A12D2E #0C4077 #FFFFFF #EDB92E #000000

Шаблон:Note Only used on the greater arms' ermine mantling, as seen on the presidential standards.

Flag protocol

The state flag (de facto national flag) is constantly flown on the entrances of state buildings. The National Assembly flies it only when in session and during national holidays. Institutions of provinces, Vojvodina and Kosovo and Metohija, fly it only on national holidays.[24] It can also be flown during celebrations and other solemn manifestations which mark events of importance for Serbia, and on other occasions.[25] During state mourning, it is flown at half mast, including by the organs of provinces, local organs, and public services.[26] The flag must be displayed in an election room during an election for state bodies[27] and in the room of civil registry dedicated for marriage (the officiant has to carry a sash with flag colours as well).[28]

The civil flag of Serbia is constantly flown on the entrance of the National Assembly and organs of provinces and public services. It must be displayed in an election room during an election for provincial or local organs.[29] Also, it can be hoisted during celebrations and other cultural or sport manifestations, and on other occasions.[30]

Neither the state flag nor the civil flag can be hoisted so that they touch the ground, nor be used as rests, tablecloths, carpets or curtains, nor to cover vehicles or other objects, nor to attire speaker platforms or tables, except as table flags.[31] They must not be used if damaged or otherwise look unsuitable for use.[32] The flag is not flown in bad weather conditions. Also, it is flown only in daylight, unless it is illuminated.[33]

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Horizontal and vertical display of the flag

If the flag is flown vertically on tables or otherwise, its top field is on the left side of the viewer. If it is flown vertically across a street or square, its top field should be on the northern side if the street has east–west orientation, and eastern side if it has north–south orientation or on a circular square.[34]

The law defines how the flag of Serbia is displayed along with other flags, making no difference between state flags and other kinds of flags. If the flag is hoisted with another flag, it is always on the viewer's left, except during an official visit of a representative of another country or an international organization, when the flag of the visitor is on the viewer's left. If the flag is hoisted with another on crossed staffs, its staff must be the front one.[35]

If the flag of Serbia is hoisted along with two flags, it must be in the middle.[35]

If the flag is flown with multiple flags,

  • If the flags are flown in a circle, it must be in the centre of the circle, clearly visible;
  • If the flags are flown in a semicircle, it must be in its vertex;
  • If the flags are flown in a column, it must be in the front of the column;
  • If the flags are flown in a row, it must be in the first place, that is, on the viewer's left;
  • If the flags are flown in a group, it must be in the front of the group.[35]

Other official flags

The President of the Republic and the President of the National Assembly use their respective standards.[36]

Derivative flags

Шаблон:See also Montenegro used to have a flag similar to the Serbian tricolor with varying shades of blue. It originated from Montenegrin national costume. During the socialist Yugoslavia, the republics of Serbia and Montenegro had flags of the same design and colors. Montenegro changed its flag in 1993 by altering the proportion and shade of blue in its flag and used that flag until 2004.

The Serbian tricolor was also the basis for the breakaway territories of Republika Srpska and Republic of Serbian Krajina during the Yugoslav Wars. The flag of Republika Srpska is still the Serbian tricolor as well as flag of Serbs of Croatia.[37][38]

See also

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Notes

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References

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Sources

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External links

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  1. ↑ 1,0 1,1 "Grb Srbije: Dvoglavi orao menja perje" (in Serbian)
  2. ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
  3. ↑ Шаблон:Harvnb, Шаблон:Harvnb
  4. ↑ Шаблон:Cite wikisource
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  5. ↑ B. A: Principality of Serbia (1830–1882) FOTW
  6. ↑ Шаблон:Cite book
  7. ↑ Mih. Gavrilovic, Suspendovanje prvog srpskog ustava februar-mart 1835 god., Arhiv za pravne i drustvene nauke, I, 1906, 410–412
  8. ↑ D. Matic, Javno pravo Knjazevstva Srbije, Beograd, 1851, 33
  9. ↑ Шаблон:Cite news
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  14. ↑ 14,0 14,1 Branislav Ž. Vešović: Yugoslavia during the Second World War Шаблон:Webarchive
  15. ↑ 1990 Constitution of Serbia, Article 5
  16. ↑ 1990 Constitution of Serbia, Article 133
  17. ↑ Recommendation on the use of the Flag of Serbia ("Official Gazette of Serbia", No. 49/1992.)
  18. ↑ 2006 Constitution of Serbia, Article 7
  19. ↑ Шаблон:Harvnb
  20. ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
  21. ↑ Препорука о коришћењу грба, заставе и химне Србије Шаблон:Webarchive (in Serbian)
  22. ↑ Шаблон:Cite web Шаблон:Small
  23. ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
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  25. ↑ Шаблон:Harvnb
  26. ↑ Шаблон:Harvnb
  27. ↑ Шаблон:Harvnb
  28. ↑ Family Law, article 299
  29. ↑ Шаблон:Harvnb
  30. ↑ Шаблон:Harvnb
  31. ↑ Шаблон:Harvnb
  32. ↑ Шаблон:Harvnb
  33. ↑ Шаблон:Harvnb
  34. ↑ Шаблон:Harvnb
  35. ↑ 35,0 35,1 35,2 Шаблон:Harvnb
  36. ↑ Шаблон:Harvnb
  37. ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
  38. ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
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