Flag of Yugoslavia

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This article is about the flag of Yugoslavian states that existed between 1918 and 1992. For the flag of one of its successor states temporarily called the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, see Flag of Serbia and Montenegro. For the full list of flags used in Yugoslavia, see List of Yugoslav flags.
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
UseNational flag Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flag
Proportion1:2
Adopted31 January 1946 (1946-01-31)[1]
Relinquished27 April 1992 (1992-04-27)
DesignA horizontal triband of blue, white and red with a gold-bordered red star in the center
Designed byĐorđe Andrejević-Kun
state ensign Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flag
Proportion2:3
Adopted21 March 1950 (1950-03-21)[2]
Relinquished27 April 1992 (1992-04-27)
DesignThe national flag shortened to a proportion of 2:3.
UseNaval ensign Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flag
Proportion2:3
Adopted6 June 1949 (1949-06-06)[3]
Relinquished27 April 1992 (1992-04-27)
Yugoslav flags at a ski jumping contest, 1962

The flag of Yugoslavia was the official flag of the Yugoslav state from 1918 to 1992. The flag's design and symbolism are derived from the Pan-Slavic movement, which ultimately led to the unification of the South Slavs and the creation of a united south-Slavic state in 1918.

The flag had three equal horizontal bands of blue, white, and red and was first used by the Kingdom of Yugoslavia from 1918 to 1941. A red star was added in its center by the victorious Yugoslav Partisans in World War II and this design was used until the breakup of Yugoslavia in the early 1990s, whereupon the red star was removed. This version continued to be used by one of the five successor states to Yugoslavia, Serbia and Montenegro, until its own dissolution in 2006. Today, the flag still holds meaning to those nostalgic for Yugoslavia or who admire its anti-fascist symbolism.

Design and symbolism

The flag of Yugoslavia is a horizontal

Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, later known as Yugoslavia. The monarchy selected the pan-Slavic design to symbolise the new founded unity of all Southern Slavs. The design consisted of a simple horizontal tricolour with three equal bands of blue (top), white (middle) and red (bottom). Following the end of the Second World War and the abolition of the monarchy in 1945, the new Communist government retained the design of the flag but added a red star with yellow border in the centre. This flag remained in use until the dissolution of SFR Yugoslavia in 1992, after which the new union of Serbia and Montenegro removed the red star and retained a plain tricolour flag
until their dissolution in 2006.

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Colors scheme 		Blue White Red Yellow
CMYK
 100-61-0-42 0-0-0-0 0-100-100-12 0-17-91-1
HEX #003893 #FFFFFF #DE0000 #FCD115
RGB 0-56-147 255-255-255 222-0-0 252-209-21

Constituent republics flags

Following

multiethnic character, its flag consisted of a red flag but with a small SFR Yugoslav flag in the canton. The red and yellow of the flag of SR Macedonia reflected the colours of the traditional coat of arms with a lion of the region
.


Flag of Serbia
Flag of Croatia
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Flag of Montenegro
Flag of Slovenia
Flag of Macedonia

History

See also: List of Yugoslav flags

Kingdom of Yugoslavia

See also: Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Kingdom of Yugoslavia
National flag of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia
UseNational flag and civil ensign Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flag
Proportion2:3
Adopted1918
Relinquished1943
DesignA horizontal triband of blue, white and red
State flag of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia
coat of arms
in the center
Naval Ensign of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia
coat of arms
at the hoist side

The national flag of the former

Pan-Slavic Congress in Prague, 1848
.

The naval ensign (war flag) of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia is blue-white-red with the simplified lesser coat of arms: On one third of the ensign length there shall be the state coat of arms with the crown. The height of the arms and crown (without the globe and cross) shall be half of the ensign height.[5][6]

The flags of the Kingdom were in official use from 1922 until the Kingdom of Yugoslavia was occupied by

Yugoslav Army in the Fatherland (also known as Chetniks
) continued to use the flag.

The

state ensign during the 1918–1943 period (Kingdom of Yugoslavia) was exactly the same.[4] The naval ensign during the period was the blue-white-red tricolor with the simplified lesser coat of arms of Yugoslavia.[5][8]

The Corfu Declaration mentions that individual Serbian, Croatian and Slovenian national flags and coats of arms are equal and can be displayed and used freely on all occasions.

Banovina of Croatia

In response to demands by Croat politicians for autonomy of Croatia, an autonomous region of Croatia was created within the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, the Banovina of Croatia. It used the Croatian red-white-blue tricolour for its civil flag, and its state flag included the tricolour charged with the Croatian šahovnica.

  • Civil flag of the Banovina of Croatia .
    Civil flag of the Banovina of Croatia Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flag.
  • State flag of the Banovina of Croatia .
    State flag of the Banovina of Croatia Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flag.

World War II

The flag of the Democratic Federal Yugoslavia during World War II (1943–46)

In 1941 during

NKOJ
in 1944), by its diplomatic representatives, and by the western Allies until 1945 - while in Yugoslavia, the version with the red star was primarily in use.

Socialist Yugoslavia

See also: Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

After the war, in 1945, the red star flag became universally official. It was given its final shape by enlarging the star and adding a narrow yellow border. The flag was usually accompanied on official buildings by the

flag of the federal republic and the flag of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia
. Because of this, many buildings in former Yugoslavia still carry a three-poled flag holder. A smaller version of the flag served as the civil ensign while an elongated banner version was seen flown in front of the Yugoslav parliament.

Construction details

Chapter 1, Article 4 of the 1946 Yugoslav Constitution laid out the specifications for the SFRY flag. The ratio was set at 1:2 and it consisted of a flag that has blue, white and red horizontal stripes that are of equal width. In the middle of the flag is a red star that has a border of golden-yellow. The red star is placed in the center of the flag where the intersections of the corners meet.[9] In the 1963 and 1974 constitutions, the specifications and design of the flag did not change. Other sources state that the red star is placed in a circle that has a diameter of 2⁄3 of the flag's hoist (width). The size of the golden-yellow border was not defined in the 1946 Constitution.[10]

Post-breakup usage

Yugoslav-Slovenian flags at an anti-fascist march in Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2014

Flags of the former federal Yugoslavia and its socialist republics continue to be flown at

its diaspora. Yugoslav flags and symbolism are not an unusual sighting in the neighbouring Italy either.[11]

See also

Notes and references

  1. ^ "Yugoslavia, 1945 - 1956".
  2. ^ "Yugoslavia, 1945 - 1956".
  3. ^ "Yugoslavia, 1945 - 1956".
  4. ^ a b "The Constitution of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1931)". 21 October 2009. Archived from the original on 2009-10-21.
  5. ^ a b "Royal Yugoslavia (1918-1941): Law on the flags at sea, 1922". fotw.fivestarflags.com.
  6. ^ "Royal Yugoslavia (1918–1941): Law on the flags at sea, 1937". fotw.fivestarflags.com.
  7. ^ Službene Novine Kraljevine Srba, Hrvata i Slovenaca, broj 89/1922, 28. 02. 1922.
  8. ^ "Royal Yugoslavia (1918-1941): Law on the flags at sea, 1937". fotw.fivestarflags.com.
  9. ^ s:Устав Федеративне Народне Републике Југославије (1946)
  10. ^ Heimer, Zeljko. "The FAME: Yugoslavia, 1945 - 1956". zeljko-heimer-fame.from.hr.
  11. ^ "Jugoslovenske zastave sa petokrakom na antifašističkom maršu italijanskih studenata" [Yugoslav flags with the red star at the anti-fascist march of Italian students]. Radio Television of Serbia. 2 March 2023. Retrieved 9 March 2023.

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