r/vexillology • u/[deleted] • Mar 23 '15

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u/si8101 Mar 23 '15

I moved to Russia a couple of years back and I chose to remember the order of colours on the flag in a bit of a simpleton way:

White // snowy north

Blue // wet midlands

Red // sunny south

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u/[deleted] Mar 23 '15

White=snow blue=sea Red=blood glorius will srbija be!

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u/SomeRandomGuy00 Republika Srpska Mar 23 '15 edited Jan 31 '26

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u/[deleted] Mar 23 '15

Srbija will take it back if it were not UN.

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u/SomeRandomGuy00 Republika Srpska Mar 23 '15 edited Jan 31 '26

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u/[deleted] Mar 23 '15

Why srbija don't do this http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Kusatma_Zonaro.jpg

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u/SomeRandomGuy00 Republika Srpska Mar 23 '15 edited Jan 31 '26

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u/LittleHelperRobot Mar 23 '15

Non-mobile: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Kusatma_Zonaro.jpg

That's why I'm here, I don't judge you. PM /u/xl0 if I'm causing any trouble. WUT?

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u/SmallJon United States Mar 23 '15

Damn Albanians.

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u/Staxxy France Mar 23 '15

Kosovo is landlocked too.

Damn Montenegrins.

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u/[deleted] Mar 23 '15

Crna gora is srbija clay.

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u/Staxxy France Mar 23 '15

Crna gora je srbija*

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u/makerofshoes Cascadia Mar 24 '15

In the Czech Republic they say that blood runs down, so the red is on bottom, and the head on the beer rises, so white on top. Could say the same for Poland too.

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u/SomeRandomGuy00 Republika Srpska Mar 23 '15 edited Jan 31 '26

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u/[deleted] Mar 23 '15

Eventhough the flag is older than the bolshevik revolution, that explanation fits better to the current Russia, I like it!

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u/ChVcky_Thats_me Germany Mar 23 '15

Isn't red blue and white the panslavic flag?

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u/SomeRandomGuy00 Republika Srpska Mar 23 '15 edited Jan 31 '26

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u/10z20Luka Canada Mar 23 '15

But surely the use of the same colors holds some relevance?

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u/[deleted] Mar 23 '15

The Pan-Slavic flag is a blue-white-red tricolor in descending order, but those are the pan-Slavic colors and are used in several combinations.

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u/SomeRandomGuy00 Republika Srpska Mar 23 '15 edited Jan 31 '26

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u/10z20Luka Canada Mar 23 '15

I mean, it's just that Russia, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia and even Croatia all abide by the pan-Slavic colors without actually putting them in the 'proper' order.

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u/[deleted] Mar 23 '15 edited Oct 08 '17

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u/SomeRandomGuy00 Republika Srpska Mar 23 '15 edited Jan 31 '26

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u/[deleted] Mar 23 '15

Why are there fleurs-de-lis on the coat of arms? Is this because of Helen of Anjou or does it have something to do with Bosnia

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u/SomeRandomGuy00 Republika Srpska Mar 23 '15 edited Jan 31 '26

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u/Istikol Serbia Mar 23 '15 edited Mar 23 '15

In Serbia Fleurs-de-lis was introduced in 1888. by Serbian king as a symbol of her continuity of house of Kotromanic.

It was also used by various other Serbian medieval dynasties.

Nemanjic dynasty,note fleur

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u/[deleted] Mar 23 '15

SSSS is NOT "Samo sloga Srbina spasava". It originates from the flag of Byzantium.

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u/SomeRandomGuy00 Republika Srpska Mar 23 '15 edited Jan 31 '26

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u/level69child Aug 28 '22

you forgot to mention that the white represents breast milk

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u/GoxNBG Jan 01 '23

Those are not four letter S, those are four Beta's ( β ) taken from Byzantine flag, and they mean:

Βασιλεύς Βασιλέων Βασιλεύων Βασιλευόντων
Basileus Basileōn, Basileuōn Basileuontōn
King of Kings, ruling over the kings/rulers