official state symbol of the Republic of Lithuania is the Lithuanian flag.It is designed as a rectangular banners on which are drawn three identical horizontal track.The top is made in yellow, the middle - green, and the lower - red.The width of the flag refers to the length of 3: 5.
A detailed description of the Lithuanian flag
In 1992 referendum adopted the Constitution of the Republic of Lithuania.Her fifteenth article defines the color, which is painted in the national flag: red, yellow, green.The Law on State defines the banners of their order and provides a detailed description.Flag of Lithuania 1988-2004, has a ratio of 1: 2.It is the same as that of the flag of the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic.On the first of September, the ratio was changed to 3: 5.Yellow is color of light and sun, green represents the grass and red tells the story of blood spilled for Lithuania.
use of the Lithuanian flag
Act regulates the use of state flag of the State of Lithuania flag, flags of other countries and other flags.The latest version of this document was held September 1, 2004.According to the fifth article of the law, the flag of Lithuania are constantly raised in such buildings as:
- presidential residence.
- Seimas.
- Central Electoral Commission.
- Constitutional Court and other courts.
- Prosecutor General's Office.
- Lithuanian bank.
- Lithuanian Government, ministries and heads of county administration.
- Gedemin tower in Vilnius.
- Tips governments.
- In areas of border control.These include international airports, railway stations, river and sea wharf, and so on.
The national flag of Lithuania also hang on the structures of local government.It is raised on the masts and flagpoles.They adorn public associations, organizations, agencies and enterprises any form of ownership.His post in the residential buildings in the days of national holidays.August 23, celebrating the Day of the black tape, and on September 23 - Day of Genocide of the Jews.It was in these days of banners and complement lower a little black mourning ribbons.
little Lithuanian history
image of the national flag of Lithuania was formed as early as 1917-1918.In the process it took into account the Lithuanian national decorative and applied arts and traditions of heraldry.The project developed a banner of the Lithuanian commission.It is composed of a public figure and scientist Jonas Basanavičius.Members of the committee were also the artist Atanas Žmuidzinavičius and local historian, artist, archaeologist Tadas Daugirdas.
J. Basanavičius occurred to decorate the Lithuanian flag in the colors, popular in the Lithuanian folk textiles.Artist A. Žmuidzinavičius immediately drafted a striped green and red colors.After all, these paints are more likely to catch the eye in people's tissues.A T. Dagirdas proposed to introduce a yellow stripe to symbolize the dawn.So, red-yellow-green tricolor Lithuanian Council approved 19 April 1918 as a temporary Lithuanian flag.
And what flag Lithuania was further?The Constitution of 1928, painted yellow national flag, the green and red stripes.Then he replaced the red flag with the hammer and sickle and the name of the republic.In 1953, the flag modernized.On it drew three colored stripes of red, white and green flowers with a five-pointed star, golden hammer and sickle.
Day banner Lithuania
the summer of 1988 as the national flag became publicly consumed red-yellow-green tricolor.At the suggestion of Sąjūdis October 7, 1988 took place the ceremony of hoisting the national banner of the tower Gedemin in Vilnius.Banner legalized again.It acquired a formal status as a banner of the Lithuanian SSR.Accordingly, the Constitution of the Lithuanian Supreme Council have been some amendments.In 1989, the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet approved the its color.
Gedemin on the tower in Vilnius Lithuania was first raised the banner of January 1, 1919.This ceremony was attended by a small volunteer group of Lithuanian military units.In memory of this event, among other festivals and commemorative days instituted Day of the Flag of Lithuania on January 1st.
National flags are symbols of sovereign States as a whole, regardless of the number of nations living on their lands.Flags of Latvia and Lithuania, Estonia and other countries, anyone can buy in souvenir kiosks, specialty stores (including the Internet).
Coat Lithuania
official state emblem is the emblem of Lithuania.He set the fifteenth article of the Constitution of the Republic of Lithuania, and is described in the Act on the national monogram.It comes from the coat of arms of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.On the Lithuanian emblem depicted chervlёnoe field, which is a silver rider.The rider sits on a silver horse.Above his head, he raised his right hand, which holds the sword of the same metal.The left hand of the rider is azure shield with a double cross of gold.Bridle and saddle made in azure color, and sword, the connection harness, stirrups and other small painted with gold paint.
history Lithuanian Emblem
This is a wonderful country Lithuania!Flag and coat it deserve all praise!After all, they were created by skilled craftsmen.The letter with a stamp depicting the "chase" refers to 1366.Rider with sword depicted in the background heraldic shield from the end of the fourteenth century.It is usually painted on the seals of Vytautas and Jagiello.The coat of arms "Pursuit" from the beginning of the fifteenth century became the emblem of the Lithuanian principality.Focus Attacks rider colors and coat of arms were established from mid-fifteenth century.
Later emblem Duchy of Lithuania became part of the monogram of the Commonwealth.After the third division of Rzeczpospolita some ground Duchy of Lithuania was incorporated into the Russian Empire.And in 1795 the coat of arms of Lithuania was included in the coat of arms of Russia.
"Chase" was also used in the arms of Vilna and Vilna province.Since 1988, the monogram of Lithuania was widely used as a national symbol.In 1990, the Lithuanian Supreme Council adopted the Law "On the emblem and the name of the state."This law was revived prewar coat.Initial reference colors and shapes ruling clarified the Recovery Diet September 4, 1991.
