One of the main symbols of the state of Romania, the flag of the country is a three-color panel in the shape of a rectangle. Its aspect ratio is 2: 3, and the stripes are of equal width. At the base or pole of the flag there is a dark blue stripe, in the center - bright yellow, and a scarlet stripe closes the panel.
For the first time, the colors represented on the flag of Romania appear in state paraphernalia during the reign of Mihai the Brave. At the end of the 16th century, this ruler ruled the Moldavian principality and Wallachia, on the territory of which modern Romania is located. Historians, however, believe that a century earlier, blue, red and gold shades were used as court colors by the ruler of Moldova, Stephen the Great.
In 1821, Tudor Vladimirescu led the Wallachian uprising, the goal of which was to overthrow Turkish rule and liberate the Balkan peoples in the Danube principalities. He managed to become the ruler of Wallachia for several months and capture Bucharest. The rebels proclaimed their symbol the tricolor, which fluttered on flagpoles in their military camps. The colors blue, yellow and red led the soldiers into battle and symbolized courage, unity and freedom from their oppressors.
The national flag of Romania existed unchanged until 1948, when the coat of arms of the Socialist Republic of Romania, formed after the victory over the Nazis, was additionally applied to it. Until the revolutionary events in Romania in December 1989, the appearance of the state symbol changed slightly: an asterisk was added on the coat of arms over the sheaves of ears and a different landscape was woven inside the wreath.
The revolutionary changes also affected the flag. The coat of arms was simply cut out of it, and the media of different countries showed viewers and readers a somewhat eerie appearance of the flag of Romania with a perforated cloth. On December 27, after the end of the revolution, the restoration of the tricolor without a coat of arms as the state flag of Romania was legislatively enshrined.
An interesting fact is associated with the national symbol of the country. Residents of the village of Klinchechi, working at a local factory, weaved the world's largest flag, with an area of 80 thousand square meters. Its weight was equal to five tons, and it took almost 70 km of thread to manufacture. The giant flag took pride of place in the Guinness Book of Records, and to record the achievement of two hundred villagers, a huge banner was unfolded on the ground for several hours.
