Old Flag Of Armenia
The republic of armenia.
Old flag of armenia. The eagle and lion are ancient armenian symbols dating from the first armenian kingdoms that existed prior to christ. Half the territory lies at altitudes of 3 300 to 6 600 feet. The coat of arms combines new and old symbols. The photos were published by the facebook page of the armenian embassy.
The flag of armenia was officially adopted on august 24 1990. Only about one tenth lies below the 3 300 foot mark. Geopolitically it can be classified as falling within europe the middle east or both. The current coat of arms was adopted on 19 april 1992 by the armenian supreme council decision.
After gaining its independence from the former soviet union this flag once used in the 1920s was proudly hoisted. That flag existed only for a month because on march 12 the armenian ssr united with the georgian ssr and the azerbaijan ssr under the transcaucasian sfsr tsfsr. And within the surrounding sections are symbols of old armenian dynasties. Armenia is situated in the northern and eastern hemispheres of the earth.
The national coat of arms of armenia consists of an eagle and a lion supporting a shield. An old flag was introduced and fixed in the constitution accepted on february 2 1922 by the first congress of soviets of the armenian ssr. This was the reconstructed flag of 1919. The initiative is organized by the embassy of armenia to canada.
On the occasion of armenia s independence day the tv tower in tbilisi was lit in national colors of the armenian flag. Ethnic and nationalistic tensions between the newly independent states. Armenia lies in the highlands surrounding the mountains of ararat there is evidence of an early civilisation in armenia in the bronze age and earlier dating to about 4000 bc. The proportion of the length and width of the flag is 2 1.
The flag is tricolor with three horizontal and equal alternating stripes of red blue and orange. The christ the redeemer statue in rio de janeiro brazil was also lit up with the colors of the armenian flag to mark the 29th. On 24 august 1990 by the law on the state flag of the republic of armenia с 0076 1 the state flag was approved. Armenia and azerbaijan s seemingly intractable conflict is rooted in century old communist social engineering schemes.
It is bounded by georgia in the north azerbaijan in the east iran in the southeast and turkey in the west. Armenia views itself as a part of europe.