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  Coat of arms of Serbia and Montenegro - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The coat of arms was officially adopted by the federal parliament in 1994.
Current coat of arms of State Union of Serbia and Montenegro is identical to the coat of arms of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, the previous state entity both Serbia and Montenegro were part of.
The four fields on the chest of the eagle bare the symbols of Serbia, cross with firesteels and a golden lion as a symbol of Montenegro.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Serbia_and_Montenegro   (229 words)

  
 Coat of arms of Serbia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Coat of Arms of Serbia, adopted on August 17, 2004, is a replica of the coat of arms of the former Obrenović dynasty (first adopted in 1882) and features the white bicephalic eagle of the Nemanjić dynasty (which in turn took on the eagle from the Paleologos dynasty of the Byzantine Empire).
The coat of arms featured a shield with the traditional Serbian emblem, but since the socialist government was officially secular, the cross, which represents Christianity, was omitted.
The socialist coat of arms remained in official use long after the break-up of socialist Yugoslavia and after the red star was removed from the flag.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Serbian_coat_of_arms   (585 words)

  
 Serbia - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Serbia and Yugoslavia were among the countries that had the greatest losses in the war: 1,700,000 (10.8% of the population) people were killed and national damages were estimated at 9.1 billion dollars according to the prices of that period.
Serbia's terrain ranges from the rich, fertile plains of the northern Vojvodina region, limestone ranges and basins in the east, and, in the southeast, ancient mountains and hills.
Serbia, and in particular the valley of the Morava, is often described as "the crossroads between East and West", which is one of the primary reasons for its turbulent history.
www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Serbia   (5369 words)

  
 Serbia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Serbia, officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian: Република Србија or Republika Srbija), is a republic in central and southeastern Europe.
Serbia borders Hungary to the north; Romania and Bulgaria to the east; the Republic of Macedonia and Albania to the south; and Montenegro, Croatia, and Bosnia-Herzegovina to the west.
Serbia is located in the Balkans (a historically and geographically distinct region of southeastern Europe) and in the Pannonian Plain (a region of central Europe).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Serbia   (2598 words)

  
 Serbia (Serbia and Montenegro)
The coat of arms of the Republic of Serbia as determined by the Law on the coat of arms of the Kingdom of Serbia of 16 June 1882, used in two stages - the greater coat of arms and as the lesser coat of arms.
The greater coat of arms is a red shield in that is set between two golden lilies in base a two headed silver eagle armed, langued and membered golden, with a red shield on its breasts containing a silver cross between four firesteels of the same turned towards the vertical bar of the cross.
The lesser coat of arms is a red shield in that is set between two golden lilies in base a two headed silver eagle armed, langued and membered golden, with a red shield on its breasts containing a silver cross between four firesteels of the same turned towards the vertical bar of the cross.
www.fotw.us /flags/cs-sr.html   (815 words)

  
 Coat of Arms of Serbia: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
A modern coat of arms is derived from the mediæval practice of painting designs onto the shield and outer clothing of knights to enable them to be identified in battle,...
The socialist coat of arms remained in official use long after the break-up of socialist Yugoslavia and after the red star was removed from the flag[For more info, click on this link].
Coat of arms of Republika Srpska[Follow this hyperlink for a summary of this subject]
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/c/co/coat_of_arms_of_serbia.htm   (1080 words)

  
 Kingdom of Serbia (1882-1918)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The coat of arms of the kingdom of Serbia is:
Serbia emerged in 1817 as an autonomous province of the Ottoman Empire and became a full-fledged kingdom in 1882.
Center: armorial drape and crown; in the middle of that the coat of arms of Serbia.
fotw.vexillum.com /flags/cs-sr_k.html   (370 words)

  
 Serbia and Montenegro
The flag of the former Yugoslavia (as well as its coat of arms and anthem) is still both de facto and de jure the official flag of the subsequent new state of Serbia and Montenegro.
The coat of arms of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia is to be established by Federal statute.
However, the coat of arms with the four firesteel was not dropped alltogether - the People's Republic of Serbia adopted it officially in 1947 in the middle of a socialist style coat of arms, but dropping the cross and retaining only the four firesteels on the shield.
flagspot.net /flags/cs.html   (1284 words)

  
 Macedonia on Coats of Arms
In the Korenich-Neorich rolls of arms, Macedonian arms are presented along with those of Croatia, Dalmatia, Bulgaria, Bosnia, the Duchagyni, and Kastrioti; in the 152 coats of arms depicted, the Macedonian coat of arms with the inscription "Macedonia" is included twice.
This is a complex coat of arms, presenting these kings as symbols of the unity of the South Slavs and including the arms of nine Balkan regions: Macedonia, Bosnia, Dalmatia, Croatia, the coastal countries, Slavonia, Bulgaria, Serbia and Rascia.
This coat of arms, with the inscription "Macedoniae" belongs to the heraldry of King Dushan, along with arms of Illyria, Bosnia, Dalmatia, Croatia, Sklavonia, Bulgaria, Serbia and Rascia.
www.mymacedonia.net /links/coats.htm   (1598 words)

  
 The FAME: Serbia - Communities   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The coat of arms of Palilula is per fess chief per pale, 1st gules a pipe or, 2nd azure a church or and 3rd argent a pavilion with a key or inslcribed in Cyrillic Palilula-Beograd.
The coat of arms of Zemun is a historical one granted by the Austrian emperors azure a tree proper on a mount vert between a deer sejant and a lion rampant holding a sabre.
The flag is blue with a white declining diagonal stripe and the coat of arms in the middle.
jagor.srce.hr /fame/descr/cs-sr1.html   (1938 words)

  
 Serbia (Serbia and Montenegro)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The coat of arms, the flag and the anthem of the Republic of Serbia are used in the contents and the shape determined in the Recommendation on use of the coat of arms, the flag and the anthem of the Republic of Serbia (official gazette, nr.
The state flag is similar to the national flag, with the national coat of arms shifted to the hoist.
A vertical state flag with the colours arranged as red-blue-white and the coat of arms shifted to the canton is hoisted in front of a courthouse in Belgrade (4.
flagspot.net /flags/cs-sr.html   (2111 words)

  
 Serbia and Montenegro
However, the Montenegrin delegation (representing the Government of Montenegro) insisted that the coats of arms of Serbia and Montenegro should be shown on the flag of the State Union.
In case the "Montenegrin initiative" would be adopted, the coat of arms of Serbia would be placed on the left part of the flag, and the coat of arms of Montenegro on the right part of the flag, both in the blue field.
The distance between the two coat of arms would be equal to the width of the coats of arms, or, as sayd Jovicic, there would be the same distance from left and right edges.
www.allstates-flag.com /fotw/flags/cs.html   (2623 words)

  
 Russian Coat of Arms
Present coat of arms was adopted on 30 November 1993 with the Decree of the President #2050.
Another difference between the current coat of arms of the Russian Federation and the coat of arms of Imperial Russia is that today, the centre arms of St. George is mirrored.
The Russian coat of arms is formally the golden eagle and all it’s charges on a red shield (with no other elements) — much the same way that the Imperial coat of arms (before 1917) was the fl eagle (with slightly different charges) on a golden shield.
www.fotw.net /flags/ru).html   (1765 words)

  
 Serbia
Mediæval Serbia, which enjoyed a high political, economic and cultural reputation in Mediæval Europe, reached its apex in the middle of the gradually spreading from Asia to Europe and conquering Byzantium first, and then the other Balkans states.
Zoran Zivković led the Government until a new election was held in December Boris Tadić, successor of Zoran Djindjic as President of the Democratic Party, became the new President of Serbia.
Serbia is populated mostly by : Ужа Србија, lit.: Narrower Serbia).
www.med-help.info /?p=Serbia   (3537 words)

  
 S&M Assembly - Home   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The Assembly of Serbia and Montenegro was constituted on the 3rd March 2003 in accordance with the Constitutional Charter of the State union of Serbia and Montenegro, adopted on 4
Deputies of the Assembly of Serbia and Montenegro are elected from each member state, according to European and democratic standards, on the basis of the law of the member states.
President of the Assembly of Serbia and Montenegro conferred with the PACE rapporteur President of the Assembly of Serbia and Montenegro and the head of the SaM Assembly Standing delegation to Parliamentary Asse...
www.skupstina.gov.yu /index_en.php?lang=en   (861 words)

  
 Serbia - Voyager, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The Republic of Serbia (Serbian: Република Србија) is a republic in south-eastern Europe which is united with Montenegro in a loose commonwealth known as the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro.
After WWII (in 1945) Serbia was established as one of the federal units of the second Yugoslavia, the Socialist Federative Republic of Yugoslavia.
Serbia is divided into 29 districts and the city of Belgrade.
www.voyager.in /Serbia   (1882 words)

  
 Flag of Serbia -
The official flag has small Coat of Arms of Serbia centered vertically and placed at 5/14 [1] of the width horizontally.
For public use, the variant without the coat of arms is permitted.
The Serbian Orthodox Church uses the Serbian flag in a 1:4 or higher ratio embossed with the Serbian cross.
psychcentral.com /psypsych/Serbian_flag   (374 words)

  
 Serbia and Montenegro: Towards a new flag?
Namely, the delegates from Serbia thought that the flag should be a plain tricolour, without any coat of arms on it, because, as said Goran Jovicić, it is the right of each member state to decide on its own symbols independently.
The distance between the two coat of arms would be equal to the width of the coats of arms, or, as sayd Jovicić, there would be the same distance from left and right edges.
Moreover, the article reveals that the proposed new coat of arms is equal to the coat of arms of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
www.allstates-flag.com /fotw/flags/cs!04.html   (2261 words)

  
 Russian Regalia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The Two-headed Eagle serves as the Russian Coat of Arms since 15th century, when it was borrowed by Tsar Ivan the III from Bysanthy.
The shield of St.George The Victor serves as the Moscow city shield since 15th century even without interruption and is added to the coat of arms as a symbol of the capital.
The white-blue-red is based on the coat of arms of the duchy of Moscow, which is red with Saint George, wearing white armor and a blue cape, riding a white horse, holding a blue shield, defeating the dragon.
www.hep.lu.se /staff/smirnova/coat.html   (599 words)

  
 flag of Serbia and Montenegro flags
De facto, it was seen in use in several instances, including among other the official hoisting in several places in connection with the assasination of the Prime Minister Djindjic and the Council of Europe session acknowledging Sertbia and Montenegro as the 45th member of the Council (Strasbourg, 3 April 2003).
Question was rised whether the coat of arms should be included in the tricolour.
Representing Serbia are: Goran Jovicic, deputy secretary general of the Government of Serbia, Ivica Ecdenci, deputy minister for state administration and local self-government and Jovan Despotovic, assistant minister of culture and public information of Serbia.
www.flags-of-the-world.net /flags/cs.html   (2029 words)

  
 Byzantine Empire
This is the flag of the Byzantine Empire, as shown by a major source of information on the flags of the XIVth century, the Conoscimento de todos los Reinos [lcr].
The flag consists of a combination of the St. George Cross (red on a white field) with the arms of the ruling family of the Paleologues (1258-1453).
The four charges in the corners of each of the other two crosses can be seen either as firesteels, as in the badges of the Order of the Golden Fleece, or as the Greek letter Β.
flagspot.net /flags/gr_byz.html   (770 words)

  
 A Letter from Belgrade - by Nebojsa Malic
But in actuality, Serbia seems simply bitterly resigned to the fact that in the world where the NATO attack can take place with impunity, complaining about it seems the very definition of futility.
Serbia is supposed to adopt its own by late August, while the separatist regime in Montenegro already decided on a set of deliberately anti-Serb symbols last month.
In Serbia, people don't have laptops, and doing work while sipping coffee is the last thing on their minds.
www.antiwar.com /article.php?articleid=3411   (1212 words)

  
 RussianLegacy.com - "Russia, Coat of Arms"
The Smaller Coat of Arms of the Russian Empire of 1882 represents a double-headed eagle (one head watches the East, while the other one watches the West of the Russian Empire) crowned with two emperor's crowns, above which there is yet another Tzar's crown with St. Andrew's Order ribbon flying under it.
Some say that the double-headed eagle coat of arms was adopted in 1497 by Tsar Ivan III, who took the Byzantinian two-headed eagle and improved it with the arms of Moscow.
The arms on the breast of the Smaller Coat of Arms double-headed eagle is indeed the famous arms of Moscow of St. George killing the dragon.
www.russianlegacy.com /catalog/product_info.php?products_id=554   (562 words)

  
 Belarus article - Belarus ru landlocked Eastern Europe Minsk Flag Belarus Coat Arms Belarus - What-Means.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The natural resources of Belarus are forests, peat deposits, small quantities of oil and natural gas, granite, dolomitic limestone, marl, chalk, sand, gravel, and clay.
The images show the white-red-white flag (бел-чырвона-белы сцяг;) and the Chase (Пагоня, Pahonya) coat of arms.
These historical symbols were adopted as the official national symbols of the Republic of Belarus from the time it got its independence in July 1991 and until the Referendum of 1995.
www.what-means.com /encyclopedia/Belarus   (841 words)

  
 Serbia and Montenegro: Towards a new flag? # fahnenversand.de - Fahnen Flaggen Fahne Flagge Nationalflaggen ...
The flags of Serbia and Montenegro [SCG], inherited from the former Federal Republic of Yugoslavia hoisted in front of the most important international institutions and the diplomatic missions would be until the end of the month replaced with new flags.
He highlights that he personally prefer a fifth design that would include the coat of arms in the tricolour, but the question of the coat of arms is not settled.
The SDP is a coalition ally of the ruling Democratic Party of Serbia (DPS), and without it there would not be a ruling majority in the Montenegrin Assembly, and thus it is an important factor in the new assembly of the state union.
www.fahnenversand.de /fotw/flags/cs!04.html   (3467 words)

  
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If the arms were granted by a recognised authority they would be recognised as legitimate outside the jurisdiction of the granting body.
Could these Arms have originated outside of the jurisdiction and therefore would that not account for why they are recorded only in an obscure manner at the College of Arms.
They intermarried and added and subdivided their coats of arms amazingly as a result.
members.lycos.co.uk /AdrianBallard/coat_of_arms.htm   (372 words)

  
 Yugoslavia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Flag adopted 27 Avril 1992, coat of arms adopted 29 December 1993.
Two-headed eagle (Silver), with quartered shield with national signs of Montenegro (Golden lion of Petrovic Dinasty) and Serbia (four firesteels).
The Yugoslav coat of arms contains the cross with the four Byzantine firesteels, those C-shaped attributes.
www.netlinkit.dk /FOTW/flags/yu.html   (668 words)

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