Each country has its own history of the emergence of state symbols.By studying it, you can get acquainted with the people themselves, it created or selected.That is why to know about the coat of arms and the flag of Moldova will be interesting to anyone who wants to get acquainted with this country.
Modern look
used at present embodiment is a rectangle with an aspect ratio equal to one to two.Flag of Moldova - tricolor, its bands of equal area and are arranged vertically.Flagstaff is a bright blue color, also called Prussian blue, the center is yellow and is used at the edge of the red.In the middle of the national emblem depicted.It is a shield on the eagle's breast, which in its beak - gold cross.The width of the coat of arms refers to the length of the flag of one to five.The combination of colors used in the country for a long time, but the image does not appear in the middle and long time before looked very different.
story of
So, how long have appeared symbols, which is used by Moldova?Flag began its history in the time of the principality.Even then it was present on red, and the center of the flag took the coat of arms, made in gold.The main symbol then served as head of the tour, or bison, she was depicted on stamps and coins.From the first decades of the nineteenth century, the flag of Moldova also uses the color blue.Initially, he was all the cloth, and on it was placed a red canton with white stars and a bison head.In 1917, there was a democratic republic, chosen as the symbol of the tricolor.Then it was horizontal, but the colors have been used in modern combined.The country then became known as the Moldavian SSR, Moldova and not the flag has also changed accordingly Union standards: a red flag with a green stripe down the middle was supplemented by socialist sickle, hammer and a five-pointed star.This option existed until 1990.The current flag of Moldova, the description of which you can read above, was adopted at independence.In 2010 he was made a slight change: first coat of arms was placed only on the front side, and now appeared in a mirror image on the reverse.
Similar cloth other countries
The same color is used not only to Moldova.The flag of Romania is the same as in the shades and their location.This is a vertical tricolor with turquoise, yellow and red stripes.The only difference - the absence of the coat of arms in the center.The coincidence in this case is symbolic.Moldova chose these colors to emphasize the closeness of the states.Similarly cloth and enjoys African country Chad.It also is not the image of the emblem, in addition, the first vertical band performed in a darker shade of blue.Finally, it is worth mentioning one more state.Extremely similar to the one that uses Moldova flag belongs to Andorra.The difference is that on the central yellow stripe of a different coat of arms is placed where larger and designed in red and gold in the form of a shield divided into several parts.
Coat state
This symbol of the country looks like a broken billboard with red and blue fields.In the center is the image of the head of bison or tour.Between the horns he is a star with eight rays, right - a rose with five petals, and the left - crescent directed to the left.Each element is in a golden color.The shield is located on the chest of the eagle, which in its beak - gold cross.In its talons the bird is a green olive branch and a scepter.This combination of characters was created in 1990 after the collapse of the Soviet Union.Its creator was the artist Gheorghe Vrabie, who worked together with specialist Heraldry Maria Dogaru.It was she who came up with to represent the olive branch, which would reflect the desire of the Moldovan people to the world.In November of the same year, the coat of arms has been approved and has not since been modified.It is in this form it is used in the official standard of, on the front part is placed in a traditional form, but on the wrong - in the mirror.In the near future, the symbolism may be amended in order to get rid of the similarity with the Romanian coat of arms and the flag and to emphasize sovereignty.
