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Page created: 9th March 1997 Last updated: 23rd December 2008
The FAME is a site devoted to the systematic and scientific study of flags and coats of arms. Such symbols often bear strong political and other messages. Inclusion of those symbols here does not mean that the author supports or approves of the ideas they may stand for.	This site is harvested for the NSK digital archives.

Yugoslavia, 1945 - 1991 - Republics and Autonomous Regions

• Bosnia and Herzegovina, People's Republic, 1945 – 1963, Socialist Republic, 1963 – 1991
  • Wrong Variant
• Montenegro, People's Republic, 1945 – 1963, Socialist Republic, 1963 – 1991
• Croatia, People's Republic, 1945 – 1963, Socialist Republic, 1963 – 1991
• Macedonia, People's Republic, 1945 – 1963, Socialist Republic, 1963 – 1991
  • Macedonia, Variant 1
  • Macedonia, Variant 2
• Slovenia, People's Republic, 1945 – 1963, Socialist Republic, 1963 – 1991
• Serbia, People's Republic, 1945 – 1963, Socialist Republic, 1963 – 1991
  • Vojvodina, Autonomous Region, 1945 – 1963, Socialist Autonomous Region, 1963 – 1991
  • Kosovo i Metohija, Autonomous Area, 1945 – 1963, Socialist Autonomous Region of Kosovo, 1963 – 1991

Until 1946/47 Yugoslav constituent states were not called republics (since Yugoslavia was not yet declared republic itself), but were tilted 'Democratic Federal [e.g. Croatia]' (Demokratska Federalna [npr. Hrvatska]). Kosovo was not treated as separate entity, but Sandjak was. In constitutions of 1946 and 1947 republics were defined as 'People's Republic' (Narodna Republika, in Slovene Ljudska Republika), and Autonomous Region of Vojvodina (Autonomna Pokraijna Vojvodina) and Autonomous District of Kosovo and Metohija (Autonnmna Oblast Kosovo i Metohija, often shortened to Kosmet) were formed. In 1963 the titles were changed to 'Socialist Republic' (Socijalisticka Republika, In Slovene Socijalisticna Republika) and 'Socialist Autonomous Region' (Socijalisticka Autonomna Pokrajina), now for both Vojvodina and Kosovo. Since the ARs were parts of Serbia, the Serbian flag was used there.

• Yugoslavia, 1941 - 1991
• Yugoslavia, 1918 - 2006

Bosnia and Herzegovina, People's Republic, 1945 – 1963, Socialist Republic, 1963 – 1991

Narodna Republika Bosna i Hercegovina, Socijalistička Republika Bosna i Hercegovina

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The flag is red with small canton with Yugoslav flag fimbriated in yellow. Before the flag was adopted, sometimes a red flag with yellow bordered star in the middle was attributed to Bosnia and Herzegovina. Coat of arms blazoning: behind two garbs of wheat, two smoking chimneys in front of a cog wheel, surrounded by a wreath with a red ribbon. Yellow bordered red star in chief.

Wrong Variant

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Sometimes this wrong variant was to be seen - here shown with the flag in canton much larger, offset from the edges and bordered in white.

Montenegro, People's Republic, 1945 – 1963, Socialist Republic, 1963 – 1991

Narodna Republika Crna Gora, Socijalistička Republika Crna Gora

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The Montenegrin flag uses the same tricolour patter as Serbian flag since at least 1880's. Adding the same red star in the middle made them exactly the same. The coat of arms show Lovćen mountain rising from waves with the Njegoš mausoleum at the top within a golden laurel wreath with tricolour ribbon and five-pointed red star in chief.

Croatia, People's Republic, 1945 – 1963, Socialist Republic, 1963 – 1991

Narodna Republika Hrvatska, Socijalistička Republika Hrvatska

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The flag is traditional Croatian tricolour introduced in 1848 with the yellow bordered red star in the middle. Coat of arms is chequy gules and argent shield in a wavy azure and argent. Behind shield a rising sun. Surrounded with a wreath of wheat with an anvil in base and a red five pointed star above.

Macedonia, People's Republic, 1945 – 1963, Socialist Republic, 1963 – 1991

Narodna Republika Makedonija, Socijalistička Republika Makedonija

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The flag is red with yellow bordered five-pointed star in canton. Traditional Macedonian symbol was yellow lion in red shield. The flag was sometimes erroneously shown with oversized star, or also with star set in the middle. The coat of arms is described this way in the law adopting it (Act on the Coat of Arms of the People's Republic of Macedonia, adopted by the People's Assembly of the People's Republic of Macedonia on its second extraordinary session held on July 27, 1946, later on altered by article 8 of the Constitution of the Socialist Republic of Macedonia): The coat-of-arms is composed with a garland of ears of wheat, tobacco and poppy, tied by a ribbon with the pattern of a traditional costume. In the centre of such a circular space there are mountains, rivers, lakes and the sun; where the ears join there's a red five-pointed star. All this represents 'the richness of our country, the struggle and the freedom'. This coat of arms is retained as the coat of arms of the Republic of Macedonia after independence until present.

Macedonia, Variant 1

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The version with the "stight edges" star of the same shape as used onthe other Yugoslav flags of the period was sued relatively frequently.

Macedonia, Variant 2

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The variant shown on the 1980 post stamps (that include some other inconsistencies) include a large star with stright sides.

Slovenia, People's Republic, 1945 – 1963, Socialist Republic, 1963 – 1991

Ljudska Republika Slovenija, Socijalistična Republika Slovenija

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The Slovenian tricolour originates in 1848 movements. Slovenian freedom fighters used (also in the middle of tricolour) Triglav and waves symbol between letters OF, that was also set in the flag, sometimes on the red star. Coat of arms: Argent, triple peak azure and three wavy bars of the first underneath. Surrounded with a wreath of wheat and linden with a red band and a red five pointed star above.

Serbia, People's Republic, 1945 – 1963, Socialist Republic, 1963 – 1991

Narodna Republika Srbija, Socijalistička Republika Srbija

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The Serbian tricolour was introduced in 1835, based on inverted Russian colours. The star in the middle made the flag the same as the Montenegrin one. The coat of arms contains a red shield with four fireirons (the traditional coat of arms of Serbia but without the cross) above a rising sun and a cog wheel within a wreath of corn ears and oak leaves with red ribbon bearing years 1804 and 1941 (The First Serbian Uprising and the uprising against the occupation in World War II), and in chief a red five-pointed star. The coat of arms is retained by the Republic of Serbia even after 1992 until present.

Vojvodina, Autonomous Region, 1945 – 1963, Socialist Autonomous Region, 1963 – 1991

Autonomna Pokrajina Vojvodina, Socijalistička Autonomna Pokrajina Vojvodina

No flag adopted. Flag of Serbia was used.

Kosovo i Metohija, Autonomous Area, 1945 – 1963, Socialist Autonomous Region of Kosovo, 1963 – 1991

Autonomna Oblast Kosovo i Metohija, Socijalistička Autonomna Pokrajina Kosovo

No flag adopted. Flag of Serbia was used. Some sources attribute to Kosovo the flag of Albanians in Yugoslavia (red flag with black eagle in the middle and yellow bordered star in canton). Though this flag was often seen in Kosovo where the largest population of Albanians was, this is the ethnic flag and not the flag of the Autonomous Region.

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