2 The white-red-white flags of independent Belarus are seen among a crowd of people marking the 100th birth anniversary of Belarusian author and national figure Maksim Bahdanovich in October 1991.

MINSK, 11 May (BelTA) – Belarus celebrates the Day of the State Flag, State Emblem and National Anthem of the Republic of Belarus on 11 May this year. The holiday was established by the ...

and the historical flag of Belarus. The white-red-white flag was used by the short-lived Belarusian Democratic Republic in 1918-1920 and reinstated after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991.