The official state symbol of LithuaniaThe Republic of Lithuania is the flag of Lithuania. It is made in the form of a rectangular banner, on which are drawn three identical horizontal tracks. The upper one is made in yellow, the middle one is green, and the lower one is red. The width of the flag refers to its length as 3: 5.
In 1992, the Constitution was adopted by referendumOf the Republic of Lithuania. Its fifteenth article defines the colors in which the national flag is colored: red, yellow, green. The Law on State Banners determines their order and provides a detailed description. The flag of Lithuania in 1988-2004 has a proportion of 1: 2. It is the same as the banner of the Lithuanian SSR. Since the first of September the coefficient has been changed to 3: 5. Yellow color represents light and sun, green symbolizes the grass, and red tells about the blood shed for Lithuania.
The Law on State Flags regulatesapplication of the State Flag of Lithuania, flags of other countries and other flags. The newest edition of this document took place on September 1, 2004. According to the fifth article of this law, the flag of Lithuania is constantly raised on such structures as:
The Lithuanian national flag is also hung onstructures of local government. He is raised here on masts and flagpoles. They are adorned with public associations, organizations, departments and firms of any form of ownership. He is hung out on residential buildings on national holidays. August 23 is marked with the Day of the Black Ribbon, and on September 23 - Day of the Genocide of the Jews. It is in these days that the banners are lowered and supplemented with black mourning ribbons.
The image of the national banner of Lithuania was formedin the years 1917-1918. In the process, Lithuanian national decorative and applied art and traditions of heraldry were taken into account. The draft of the Lithuanian banner was developed by the commission. It included a public figure and scholar Jonas Basanavicius. Members of the commission were also the artist Atanas Zhmuidzinavichyus and local historian, artist, archeologist Tadas Daugirdas.
J.Basanavichyus decided to paint the flag of Lithuania in colors popular in Lithuanian folk textiles. The artist A.Zhmuidzinavichyus immediately prepared a project with stripes of green and red colors. After all, these paints were most often caught in the eyes of people's tissues. A T. Dagirdas proposed to introduce a yellow strip, symbolizing the dawn. So, the red-yellow-green tricolor Lithuanian Council approved April 19, 1918 as a temporary Lithuanian flag.
And what was the flag of Lithuania?In the Constitution of 1928 the national flag is painted with yellow, green and red stripes. Then it is replaced by a red banner with a sickle and a hammer and the name of the republic. In 1953, the flag was modernized. It painted three horizontally arranged colored bands of red, white and green with a five-pointed star, a gold sickle and a hammer.
In the summer of 1988, as a nationwideThe flag began to be publicly used red-yellow-green tricolor. At the suggestion of Sajudis on October 7, 1988, the ceremony of hoisting the national banner on the Gedemin tower in Vilnius took place. The banner was legalized again. It acquired a formal status as the banner of the Lithuanian SSR. Accordingly, some amendments were made to the Constitution of Lithuania by the Supreme Council. In 1989, the Presidium of the Supreme Council approved its colors.
On the Gedemin tower in Vilnius, the Lithuanian bannerwas first raised on January 1, 1919. A small volunteer group of Lithuanian military formations took part in this ceremony. In memory of this event, among other celebrations and memorable days, the day of the Flag of Lithuania was established on January 1.
National flags are symbols of sovereignstates in general, regardless of the number of nations living on their lands. Flags of Latvia and Lithuania, Estonia and other countries, anyone can buy at souvenir kiosks, specialized stores (including the Internet).
The official state emblem isthe coat of arms of Lithuania. It is established by the fifteenth article of the Constitution of the Republic of Lithuania and is described in the Law on the National Monogram. It comes from the coat of arms of the Grand Lithuanian Principality. The Lithuanian emblem depicts a worm field, on which there is a silver rider. The rider sits on a silver horse. Above his head he raised his right hand, in which he holds a sword of the same metal. In his left hand, the rider has an azure shield with a double golden cross. Bridle and saddle are made in azure color, and the handle of the sword, harness connections, stirrups and other small items are painted with gold paint.
This is a wonderful country in Lithuania!The flag and the coat of arms deserve all praise! After all, they were created by skilled craftsmen. A charter with a stamp depicting "Chasing" refers to 1366. A rider with a sword was depicted against the backdrop of a heraldic shield from the end of the fourteenth century. Usually he was painted on the seals of Vitovt and Jagiello. The coat of arms "Pogonya" from the beginning of the fifteenth century became the emblem of the Lithuanian principality. The direction of attack of the rider and the color of the coat of arms was established from the middle of the fifteenth century.
Later the coat of arms of the Lithuanian principality became part of themonogram of the Commonwealth. After the third division of the Commonwealth, some of the lands of the Lithuanian principality were incorporated into the Russian state. And in 1795 the coat of arms of Lithuania was included in the coat of arms of Russia.
"Pursuit" was also used in the coat of arms of Vilna andVilnius Province. Since 1988, the monogram of Lithuania has been widely used as a national symbol. In 1990, the Lithuanian Supreme Council approved the law "On the arms and the name of the state." By this law the pre-war coat of arms was revived. The initial reference colors and forms specified the resolution of the Restorative Seim on September 4, 1991.
