"Chaser" coat-of-arms and white-red-white flag were state symbols in 1991
The national flag flew above the House of Government already in the morning, on September 20.
The white-red-white flag and the "Chaser" coat-of-arms remained state symbols till 1995, when Lukashenka changed them at the referendum.
Also, the BSSR Supreme Council took the decision on the change of name of the republic: the Republic of Belarus appeared instead of the Soviet Byelorussia, also on September 19, 1991.
In the photo: Front page of the newspaper "Zvyazda" dated September 21, 1991.
