what is the national flag of russia?
Flag of Russia
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 The current state flag of Belarus ( Belarusian : Сцяг Беларусі , Sciah Bielarusi ; Russian : Флаг Беларуси , Flag Belarusi ) is a red and green flag with a white and red ornament pattern placed at the staff ( hoist ) end . The current design was introduced in 2012 by the State Committee for Standardization of the Republic of Belarus , and is adapted from a design approved in a referendum in May 1995 . It is a modification of the 1951 flag used while the country was a republic of the Soviet Union . Changes made to the Soviet @-@ era flag were the removal of symbols of communism ( the hammer and sickle and the red star ) and the reversal of the colors of the ornament pattern , from white on red to red on white . Since the 1995 referendum , several flags used by government officials and agencies were modeled from the national flag . 

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 The national emblem of Belarus , which replaced the historic Pahonia arms in a 1995 referendum , features a ribbon in the colours of the national flag , a map of Belarus , wheat ears and a red star . It is sometimes referred to as the coat of arms of Belarus , although this is incorrect due to the lack of several heraldic elements . The emblem is an allusion to one that was used by the Byelorussian SSR , designed by Ivan Dubasov in 1950 , with the biggest change being a replacement of the hammer and sickle with an outline map of Belarus . Emblems reminiscent of the times of the Soviet Union are also used in Macedonia , Tajikistan , Uzbekistan and the region of Transnistria . 

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 The flag does not differ significantly from the flag of the Byelorussian SSR , other than the removal of the hammer and sickle and the red star , and the reversal of red and white in the hoist pattern . While there is no official interpretation for the colors of the flag , an explanation given by President Alexander Lukashenko is that red represents freedom and the sacrifice of the nation 's forefathers , while green represents life . 

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 The national flag of Armenia , the Armenian Tricolour ( Armenian : Եռագույն , Yeřaguyn ) , consists of three horizontal bands of equal width , red on the top , blue in the middle , and orange ( also described as " colour of apricot " ) on the bottom . The Armenian Supreme Soviet adopted the current flag on 24 August 1990 . On 15 June 2006 , the Law on the National Flag of Armenia , governing its usage , was passed by the National Assembly of Armenia . 

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 The colors of the national flag are regulated in " STB 911 – 2008 : National Flag of the Republic of Belarus " and are listed in the CIE Standard illuminant D65 . 
