NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Flag of Slovakia

The current form of the flag of Slovakia was adopted by Slovakia's Constitution, which came into force on September 3, 1992. The flag, in common with other Slavic nations, uses the red, white and blue colours. Image File history File links Flag_of_Slovakia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Slovakia. ... Image File history File links FIAV_111000. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (699x649, 77 KB) Summary Licensing I, Gabriel Ehrnst Grundin, took this photo on January 7, 2006. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (699x649, 77 KB) Summary Licensing I, Gabriel Ehrnst Grundin, took this photo on January 7, 2006. ... September 3 is the 246th day of the year (247th in leap years). ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ...

Slovakia's flag in its current form (but with another seal on it or without any seal) can be dated back to the revolutionary year 1848, when a minority of Slovaks where fighting against the Magyars (see: The Revolutions of 1848 in the Habsburg areas). It was also used semioficially in Czechoslovakia before World War II, by the Slovak Republic during WWII, and finally adopted (without the seal) on March 1, 1990 as the flag of the Slovak Republic within Czechoslovakia. The seal was added on September 3, 1992 and a special law describing the details of the flag followed in February 1993. 1848 is a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Combatants Allies: Poland, British Commonwealth, France/Free France, Soviet Union, United States, China, and others Axis Powers: Germany, Italy, Japan, and others Casualties Military dead: 17 million Civilian dead: 33 million Total dead: 50 million Military dead: 8 million Civilian dead: 4 million Total dead: 12 million World War II... March 1 is the 60th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (61st in leap years). ... This article is about the year. ... September 3 is the 246th day of the year (247th in leap years). ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... February is the second month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 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 blue triangle in the current flag of the Czech Republic, with which Slovakia formed Czechoslovakia up to the Velvet Divorce, was taken over from the blue strip of Slovakia's flag in 1920 into the flag of Czechoslovakia. The flag of Czechoslovakia has been taken over by the Czech Republic in late 1992, in direct violation of the 1992 Act on the Division of Czechoslovakia explicitly forbidding state symbols to be used by the two successor states. The Velvet Divorce is a journalistic term for the dissolution of the former country of Czechoslovakia into the nations of Slovakia and the Czech Republic, effective January 1, 1993. ... 1920 (MCMXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) // Events January January 7 - Forces of Russian White admiral Kolchak surrender in Krasnoyarsk. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ...

Since the Slovak flag without the seal is identical to that of the modern Flag of Russia and it can also be compared to the modern Flag of Slovenia, the Constitution of the Slovak Republic added the seal in September 1992. The seal is Slovakia's coat of arms. For a description of the seal (a double cross and three hills), see Coat of Arms of Slovakia. Image File history File links Flag_of_Russia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Russia. ... The Slovak Republic (Slovak: SlovenskÃ¡ republika) was an independent national Slovak state during World War II on the territory of present-day Slovakia with the exception of the southern and eastern parts of present-day Slovakia. ... Flag of the Russian Federation The flag of Russia is a tricolour of three equal horizontal fields, white on the top, blue in the middle and red on the bottom. ... Flag ratio: 1:2 The national flag of Slovenia features three equal horizontal bands of white (top), blue, and red, with the Slovenian coat of arms located in the upper hoist side of the flag centered in the white and blue bands. ... Look up September in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... Coat of arms of Slovakia Coat of arms of Slovakia is composed of a silver (argent) double cross, elevated on the middle peak of a dark blue mountain consisting of three peaks. ...

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Categories: Slovak culture | National flags Coat of arms of Slovakia Coat of arms of Slovakia is composed of a silver (argent) double cross, elevated on the middle peak of a dark blue mountain consisting of three peaks. ... 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 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 shows the coat of arms of dependent territories. ... 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. ...

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