Pan-Slavic colors

File:Pan-Slavic flag.svg

The three pan-Slavic colors approved at the 1848 Slavic Congress in Prague as adopted on the flag of Yugoslavia

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Illustration of the wedding procession of Sigismund III Vasa in Kraków from the Stockholm Scroll (Template:Circa).

The pan-Slavic colors—blue, white and red—were defined by the Prague Slavic Congress, 1848, based on the symbolism of the colors of the flag of Russia, which was introduced in the late 17th century. Historically, however, many Slavic nations and states had already adopted flags and other national symbols that used some combination of those three colors. Slavic countries that use or have used the colors include Russia, Yugoslavia,<ref name=Yugoslavia/> Czechoslovakia,<ref name=Czech/> Czech Republic,<ref name=Czech/> Slovakia,<ref name="Shelley" /> Croatia,<ref name="Shelley" /> Serbia<ref name="Shelley" /> and Slovenia,<ref name="Shelley" /> whereas Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Montenegro, North Macedonia, PolandTemplate:Efn and Ukraine use different color schemes.

Yugoslavia, both the Kingdom (Kingdom of Yugoslavia, 1918–1943) and the Republic (SFR Yugoslavia, 1943–1992) was a union of several Slavic nations, and therefore not only sported the pan-Slavic colors but adopted the pan-Slavic flag as its own (later adding a red star). After the initial breakup of Yugoslavia in the early 1990s, the two remaining Yugoslav republics—Montenegro and Serbia—reconstituted as Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in 1992 and as State Union of Serbia and Montenegro in 2003, and continued to use the pan-Slavic flag until its own dissolution when Montenegro proclaimed independence in 2006. Serbia continues to use a flag with all three Pan-Slavic colors, along with fellow republics Croatia and Slovenia.

Most flags with pan-Slavic colors have been introduced and recognized by Slavic nations following the first Slavic Congress of 1848, although Serbia adopted its red-blue-white tricolor in 1835 and the ethnic flag of Sorbs (blue-red-white) had already been designed in 1842. The flag of Slovene nation (white-blue-red), which was based on the flag of Carniola, was introduced two months prior to the congress. Czech Moravians proclaimed their flag (white-red-blue) at the very congress. In 1848, Croatian viceroy Josip Jelačić first designed the flag of Croatia with its modern tricolor (red-white-blue) for the then-concepted Triune Kingdom (and officially adopted by the Kingdom of Croatia), a group of Slovenian intellectuals in Vienna, Austria created the flag of Slovenia (white-blue-red), and the first Slovak flag (in reverse layout – red-blue-white) was introduced and flown by Slovak revolutionaries.<ref name="Vilinbahov">Template:Cite web</ref> The flag of the Czech Republic adopted its three national colors in 1920 with the founding of Czechoslovakia.

Flags with Pan-Slavic colors

Current national flags

• Croatia<ref name="flags">Template:Cite book</ref>
  Croatia<ref name="flags">Template:Cite book</ref>
• Czech Republic,<ref name=Czech>Template:Cite book</ref> formerly Czechoslovakia (1918–1993)
  Czech Republic,<ref name=Czech>Template:Cite book</ref> formerly Czechoslovakia (1918–1993)
• Russia<ref name="Shelley">Template:Cite book</ref>
  Russia<ref name="Shelley">Template:Cite book</ref>
• Serbia<ref name="Shelley" />
  Serbia<ref name="Shelley" />
• Slovakia<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref name="Shelley" />
  Slovakia<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref name="Shelley" />
• Slovenia<ref name="Shelley" />
  Slovenia<ref name="Shelley" />

Former national flags with the Pan-Slavic colors

• Template:FIAVFlag of Kingdom of Montenegro (1910–1916)
  Template:FIAVFlag of Kingdom of Montenegro
  (1910–1916)
• Template:FIAVKingdom of Serbia (1882-1918)
  Template:FIAVKingdom of Serbia
  (1882-1918)
• Template:FIAVKingdom of Yugoslavia (1918–1941)<ref name=Yugoslavia>Template:Cite book</ref>
  Template:FIAVKingdom of Yugoslavia
  (1918–1941)<ref name=Yugoslavia>Template:Cite book</ref>
• Template:FIAV Flag of the Independent State of Croatia (1941–1945)
  Template:FIAV Flag of the Independent State of Croatia (1941–1945)
• Template:FIAVSocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1945–1992)<ref name=Yugoslavia/>
  Template:FIAVSocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1945–1992)<ref name=Yugoslavia/>
• Template:FIAVRussia (1991–1993)
  Template:FIAVRussia
  (1991–1993)
• Template:FIAVSerbia and Montenegro (1992–2006)<ref name="flags" />
  Template:FIAVSerbia and Montenegro
  (1992–2006)<ref name="flags" />
• Template:FIAVAutonomous Slovak land within the Second Czechoslovak Republic (1938–1939) First Slovak Republic (1939–1945) Slovak Socialist Republic within Czechoslovak Socialist Republic (1969–1990) Slovak Republic within Czech and Slovak Federative Republic (1990–1992)
  Template:FIAVAutonomous Slovak land within the Second Czechoslovak Republic
  (1938–1939)
  First Slovak Republic
  (1939–1945)
  Slovak Socialist Republic within Czechoslovak Socialist Republic
  (1969–1990)
  Slovak Republic within Czech and Slovak Federative Republic
  (1990–1992)
• Montenegro (1994 proposal, never implemented)
  Montenegro (1994 proposal, never implemented)

Other entities

• Serbian Krajina
  Serbian Krajina
• Republika Srpska<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
  Republika Srpska<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• The Polish National Government during the January Uprising<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Polska Biało Granatoewo Czerwoni</ref>
  The Polish National Government during the January Uprising<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Polska Biało Granatoewo Czerwoni</ref>
• Transnistria (co-official flag)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>Template:Efn
  Transnistria (co-official flag)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>Template:Efn
• Traditional flag Vojvodina
  Traditional flag Vojvodina
• Flag of Vojvodina
  Flag of Vojvodina
• The Sorbs<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
  The Sorbs<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• The Rusyns<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
  The Rusyns<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Crimea
  Crimea
• The Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia
  The Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia
• The Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
  The Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
• The Kingdom of Slavonia
  The Kingdom of Slavonia
• The Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia
  The Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia

See also

• Nordic Cross flag
• Pan-Arab colors
• Pan-African colors
• Pan-nationalism
• Pan-Slavism
• List of flags with blue, red, and white stripes