Brest County (Belarus)

Brest Voblast'

Last modified: 2004-12-18 by dov gutterman
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Брэсцкая вобласць

by Victor Lomantsov, 24 September 2004

• The Flag
• Previously Reported Flag

See also:

• Belarus
• Belarus - Subdivisions and Minorities Flags

Municipalities:

• Kobrin (Кобрин/Кобрын)
• Luninets District (Лунинецкий район)
• Mikashevici (Микошевичи)

The Flag

On September, 14, 2004, the President of Republic of Belarus by decree number 446 has ratified coat of arms and flag of the Region of Brest. The flag proportions of width to length as 1:2 The flag repeats figure of coat of arms of the Region of Brest. On blue flag a yellow zoubre (Bison bonasus) on a red stylized tower is represented.
The full text of the decree - on a web-site <pravo.by> (only in Russian).
Mikhail Revnivtsev, 24 September 2004

Previously Reported Flag

by Falko Schmidt, 14 June 2003

The first (as far as I know) flag of an oblast of Belarus.
Source: <brest88.boom.ru>
Falko Schmidt, 14 and 22 June 2003

The description is mostly of the Coat of Arms of Brest oblast. The flag is briefly described as a "red and light blue rectangle with a golden bison in the center of the red part".
Jorge Candeias, 22 June 2003

Red and light blue looks certainly very much like the former RSFSR flag.
Anto'nio Martins, 24 June 2003