Armenian flag is the
symbol of the Republic
of Armenia. The flag is a
rectangular fabric with equal horizontal stripes: red at the top, blue in the
middle, and orange at the bottom. For centuries these colors have been
associated with the Armenian nation.
The flag of Armenia
was adopted on 24 August 1990 by the Supreme Council of the Republic of Armenia.
On 15 June 2006 the National Assembly of the Republic
of Armenia adopted the law “On the
State Flag of the Republic
of Armenia”.
There are
several interpretations of these colors and the following is the most
acceptable among them: the red color symbolizes the blood shed by the Armenians
in the defence of their motherland; the blue color is the country’s nature;
orange is national bravery and hard-work.
As to the Constitution of the
Republic of Armenia, it sets the following meanings of the colors: red stands
for the Armenian highlands, constant fight of the Armenian nation for survival,
Christian religion, Armenia’s freedom and independence; blue symbolizes the
desire of the Armenian nation to live beneath peaceful sky; orange symbolizes
the creative and diligent nature of the Armenian nation. As a matter of fact,
because the RA Government hasn’t defined the shades of red, blue and orange,
both variants are used at the same time.
This is how the
Constitution of Armenia of 1978 defines the flag: “Article 167. The flag of the
Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic is a red
rectangular fabric with a blue full length stripe in the middle. In the top
right corner, near the flagstaff, there is a picture of a hammer and sickle,
below – a five-point golden-edged star. The proportion of the length of the
flag to its width is 1:2”.
The law “On the State Flag of the Republic of Armenia”
of 24 August 1990 (№С-0076-1) approved the state flag, which
happened to be the same flag of 1919, i.e. a fabric of three equal alternating
horizontal stripes of red, blue and orange; the correlation of the length of
the flag to its width was 1:2. And the red, blue and orange colors (Armenian
national colors) of the tricolor are quite often associated with those of the
flag during the rule of the Dashnak (Federalists) government. Modern shield of
this party is now a pattern of a crossed feather, a sword, a spade and a flag.
This image is depicted on the red flag of the party. As to the other
traditional Armenian party – the Hnchaks (little bell) – “Atlas of History of
Armenia” by Kh. Babasyan notes that the Hnchakyan Party applied the draft of
the flag created by Ghevond Alishan. The flag has red, green and white stripes.
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