White-red-white flag and "Chaser" coat-of-arms - state symbols 20 years ago
They had this status for 3,5 years.
An extraordinary session of the BSSR Supreme Council took place in September 1991. The session approved the new name of the country - the Republic of Belarus - on September 19. On the same day, the deputies approved the white-red-white flag and the "Chaser" coat-of-arms as state symbols.
The symbols were abolished at the referendum on May 14, 1995. The majority of population then voted for the current coat-of-arms and the red-green flag. The opposition did not recor=gnize that referendum as it violated the Constitution.
Literally in a day after the referendum, manager of Lukashenka's administration Ivan Tsitsiankou tore the white-red-white flag into pieces, giving authographs on each of them, on the roof of the presidential residence.
