NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Flag of Montenegro

The flag of Montenegro was changed on 12 July 2004 by the Parliament of Montenegro into a red banner bearing the coat of arms adopted in 1993. Image File history File links Flag_of_Montenegro. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Montenegro. ... Image File history File links FIAV_111111. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... July 12 is the 193rd day (194th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 172 days remaining. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Anthem: Oj, svijetla majska zoro Oh, the bright dawn of May Capital (and largest city) Podgorica Serbian (Ijekavian dialect)1 Government Republic - President Filip VujanoviÄ‡ - Prime Minister Å½eljko Å turanoviÄ‡ Independence from Serbia and Montenegro - Declared June 3, 2006 - Recognised June 8, 2006 Area - Total 13. ... A modern coat of arms is derived from the medi val practice of painting designs onto the shield and outer clothing of knights to enable them to be identified in battle, and later in tournaments. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ...

The coat of arms of Montenegro derives from those of King Nikola. The Cyrillic initials НІ (i.e. NI) of King Nikola I, however, are left out. The Coat of Arms of Montenegro was changed by an act of Parliament in 1993. ... King Nikola I Petrovic Njegos Краљ Никола I Петровић Његош (October 7, 1841- March 2, 1921) was the only king of Montenegro, reigning as a king from 1910 to 1918 and...

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The flag was identical to the flag of Serbia from 1945 until 1993, when the blue was changed to the traditional Montenegrin light blue and the ratio to 1:3 instead of 2:3.
Image File history File links Flag_of_Montenegro_(1993-2004). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Montenegro_(1993-2004). ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The flag of Serbia is a tricolour with Pan-Slavic colours. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ...

Until 1992, when Montenegro was part of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, the flag had a red star in the centre.
Image File history File links Flag_of_SR_Montenegro. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_SR_Montenegro. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... Capital Belgrade Language(s) Serbo-Croatian Macedonian Slovenian Government Federation of socialist republics Last President Stjepan MesiÄ‡ Last Prime Minister Ante MarkoviÄ‡ Historical era Cold War - Proclamation November 29 1943 - UN membership October 24, 1945 - Constitution 21 February 1974 - formation of FRY April 28 1992 Area - July 1989 255,800... Red star on the Soviet flag The five-pointed red star (a pentagram without the inner pentagon) is a symbol of Communism and Socialism and represents the five fingers of the workers hand, as well as five of six inhabited continents. ...

Old flags of Montenegro include the red–blue–white tricolour (a symbol of Slavic unity as well as tones of the national costume), and the royal eagle in the middle.
Image File history File links Old_Flag_of_Montenegro. ... Image File history File links Old_Flag_of_Montenegro. ... French tricolour flag A tricolour is a flag or banner having three colours, usually in approximately equal size (horizontally or vertically) and lacking additional symbols. ...

Image File history File links Flag_of_Kingdom_of_Montenegro. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Kingdom_of_Montenegro. ...

During the era of princedom, a red flag with golden border and radiant golden cross of St. George (the patron saint of Montenegro) in the middle was the one used most often.
Image File history File links Vucji_Do_flag. ... Image File history File links Vucji_Do_flag. ... 1910 (MCMX) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Sunday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ... Image File history File links Cs-cg_rs. ... Image File history File links Cs-cg_rs. ... For other meanings, see Prince (disambiguation). ... For alternate uses, see Saint George (disambiguation) Saint George on horseback rides alongside a wounded dragon being led by a princess, late 19th century engraving. ... In several forms of the church of Christianity, but especially in Roman Catholicism, a patron saint has special affinity for a trade or group. ...

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Flag ratio: 1:2 The flag of Serbia and Montenegro was adopted on April 27, 1992, as the flag of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. ... Flags of the Yugoslav socialist republics were defined by each of its six constituent republics. ...

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¹ Has significant territory in Asia. ² Entirely in SW Asia, considered European for cultural, political and historical reasons. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

Categories: National flags | Flags of Montenegro A national flag is a flag that symbolises a country and that can usually be flown by citizens of that country. ... A modern coat of arms is derived from the medi val practice of painting designs onto the shield and outer clothing of knights to enable them to be identified in battle, and later in tournaments. ... This gallery of sovereign-state flags shows the flags of sovereign states in the list of sovereign states. ... This gallery of sovereign state coats of arms shows the coat of arms of sovereign states in the list of sovereign states. ... This overview contains the flags of dependent territories. ... This overview shows the coat of arms of dependent territories. ... This overview contains the flags of self-proclaimed states that have declared their independence, exert control over (at least part of) the claimed territory and population, but have not been acknowledged as independent states by the international community at large. ... This overview contains the coats of arms of self-proclaimed states that have declared their independence, exert control over (at least part of) the claimed territory and population, but have not been acknowledged as independent states by the international community at large. ... This article is intended as a list of flags from micronations - that is, unrecognised statelike entities that are largely or wholly ephemeral in nature. ... This overview contains the coats of arms of micronations, self-proclaimed statelike entities that are largely or wholly ephemeral in nature. ... This gallery contains the flags of states that were (at least de facto) independent in the past. ...

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