SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES BETWEEN WORLDS FLAGS

AUTHOR: DEVADO VICTORIA 10 B

TEACHER: KOVALEVA M.F.

SCHOOL 2072, MOSCOW

THE WORLDS FLAGS. SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES.

Plan

The Group of White-Blue-Red TricolorsFlags with Pan-Slavic ColorsThe Group of Black-Yellow-Red TricolorsThe Group of Watermelon TricolorsThe Group of Nearby Watermelon TricolorsThe Group of Identical Red-White flags

The group of White-Blue-Red Tricolors

RussiaNetherlandsLuxembourgFrance

Russian Federation
At first about our native flag - Russian Flag

History
Main account traces the origin of the Russian flag to TsarPeter the Great'svisits toArchangelin 1693 and 1694. Peter was keenly interested in shipbuilding in the European style. In 1693, Peter had ordered a Dutch-built frigate from Amsterdam. In 1694 when it arrived, the Dutch red-white-and-blue banner flew from its stern. Peter decided to model Russia's naval flag after this banner by changing the sequence of colors. It eventually became the flag of the Russian empire.
Peter the Great, the Tsar

Colors in Russian Flag
The flag of Russia uses thePan-Slavic colorsof red, blue and white. While there are several theories as to the origin and reason for the choice of the colors, none is currently universally accepted as correct. There is no official meaning assigned to the colors in Russian laws.

Whitegenerosity andfranknessBluefidelity,honesty,meritand virtueRedcourage,bravery, generosityand love

FlagColorMeaning

National Flag Day
The National Flag Day is an official holiday in Russia, established in 1994. It is celebrated on 22 August, the day of thevictory over putschists in 1991, but it is not a day-off.
Boris Eltzin, the President

Kingdom Of The Netherlands
Second flag of tricolor group is Netherlands flag

History
The Netherlands flag was adopted on February 19, 1937. The Netherlands flag was originally orange, white and blue and featured up to nine stripes. It is named the 'Prince's Flag'. The Netherlands independence was finally recognized by Spain in 1648. In the 17th century, the orange stripe was changed to red but the reason is unclear. One theory is because red is more visible than orange when viewed from a distance. Red, white and blue were officially announced as the colors of the flag in 1796. After French occupation Netherlands was again independent in 1813 and the flag was reinstated.
Princes Flag
Todays flag

Colors in Netherlands Flag
The red stripe which was originally orange, along with the white and blue stripes, are based on the heraldic colors (coat of arms) of Prince William of Orange, who led the fight for Dutch independence.

FlagColorMeaningRedpower, public might, and a defending spiritWhiteneutral and represented Politics and ReligionBluerepresent the people, work and the economy

Interesting fact
The Netherlands flag influenced the design of the Russian flag when Peter the Great visited the Netherlands in the 17th century. That flag eventually became the state flag of Russia. The Russian flag would then inspire the flags of many other Slavic nations, and the colors became known as the pan-Slavic colors.
Flag ofPan-Slavism

Grand Duchy Of Luxembourg
The third similar flag is Luxembourgs flag

History
The colours of the flag of Luxembourg were first adopted around 1830 during theBelgian Revolution. They were probably derived from thecounts, dukes and later grand-dukes of Luxembourg'scoat of armswhich in turn was derived from the combination of thedukes of Limbourg'sLionand the supposed stripedbannerof the early counts of Luxembourg. The three-colored horizontal design was fixed on June 12, 1845.
Limbourg'sLion, the Ensign

Colors in Luxembourgs Flag
These colours each stand for a part in Luxembourgs rich history. The red, white, and blue coloring was derived from the Grand Duke's coat of arms, which dates from the 13th century.

FlagColorMeaningRedstands for a lionWhitestands for the lions fieldLight Bluestands for the lions field

Visual similarity
The Luxembourg flag is similar to the flag of the Netherlands, which uses a darker shade of blue. The similarity, however, is just a coincidence, there's no historical connection.

French Republic
The last flag is National Flag of France

History
The tricolor flag is derived from thecockadesused during the French Revolution. These were circular rosette-like emblems attached to the hat. Blue and red are the traditional colours of Paris, and they are used on the city's coat of arms. Cockades with various colour schemes were used during the storming of the Bastille on 14 July.The blue and red cockade was presented to KingLouis XVI on 17 July.Lafayette argued for the addition of a white stripe to "nationalise" the design. On 27 July, a tricolour cockade was adopted as part of the uniform of the National Guard, the national police force that succeeded the militia.
The tricolor cockade, created July 1789. White was added to "nationalise" an earlier blue and red design.

Colors in Flag of France
is identified withSaint Denis
the traditional color of French royalty
is identified withSaint Martin
The French flag is based on a red, white and blue cockade (a badge of concentric circles) which was worn by King Louis XVI while addressing a revolutionary gathering in Paris.

BlueWhiteRed

Popular Flag
The French flag is commonly known as the French Tricolore, and has been the inspiration for many other flags around the world.

Flags with Pan-Slavic Colors
Pan-Slavismwas a movement in the mid-19th century aimed at unity of all theSlavic peoples. The main focus was in the Balkanswhere theSouth Slavshad been ruled for centuries by other empires. It was also used as a political tool by both theRussian Empireand theSoviet Union, which gainedpolitical-military influence and controlover all Slavic-majority nations between1945and1948.

SlovakiaSloveniaCroatiaSerbia

Pan-Slavic Languages
The similarity of Slavic languages inspired many people to createPan-Slavic languagesfor all Slavic people to communicate with one another. Several of these languages were created in the past, but due to the Internet, many more Pan-Slavic languages were created in theDigital Age. The most popular modern Pan-Slavic languages areSlovioandSlovianski.Apan-Slavic languageis azonal constructed languagefor communication among Slavic people. Similarity of the Slavic languages has constantly inspired different people to create Pan-Slavic languages.

The Group of Black-Yellow-Red Tricolors
The flags are different. The Belgian one has vertical stripes, the German horizontal. Even it were stolen in some kind of way, the Belgian would be the original, because Belgian became independent in 1830 and got that flag, while Germany got it when it became the Weimar Republic (1919, after the treaty of Versailles).

GermanyBelgium

Differences

The colours of the modern flag are associated with therepublican democracyformed afterWorld War I, and represent German unity and freedom of theGerman people.During the Weimar Republic, the black-red-yellow colors were the colors that must teach the population to respect the new republic and honor its flag and theconstitution.It is important to note that the yellow is in fact yellow and not the darker gold of theflag of Germany, which is a somewhat similar black-red-gold tricolor

The Group of Watermelon Tricolors

MexicoItalyBulgariaIran

Group of Nearby Watermelon Tricolors

IrelandIndiaCte d'Ivoire

Identical Red-White flags

The nationalflag ofIndonesiaThe nationalflagofMonacois known asSang Saka Merah-Putih("The Sacred Red-and-White"), introduced at theIndonesian Independence Dayceremony, on 17 August 1945. The design of the flag has remained the same ever since.Red colour represents courage, while white represents purity of intent.has two equal horizontal bands of red (top) and white, both of which have been theheraldiccolors of theHouse of Grimaldi (fire and silver)since at least 1339. The present bicolor design was adopted on April 4, 1881, under Prince Charles III.

Conclusion
Aflagis not only a piece of fabric with a distinctive design that is usually used as a symbol, as a signaling device, or decoration.One of the most popular uses of a flag is to symbolize anationora country.

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