Mystery of state symbols
In principle, state symbols should be offered and approved by all people. But here they are determined in accordance with the opinion of the deputies, and, accordingly, the laws they adopt regarding these symbols.
Everything! State symbols taken! They are beginning to be intensively studied in schools, institutes, they are present at all holidays and in all institutions ...And no one even suspects that after official approval, these symbols begin to influence the subconscious of people, the life and fate of the state.
I understand that after reading the last statement, some forum users may say: “Bullshit is everything,” but I will ask you not to rush to conclusions, but carefully consider the symbols of our dear independent republics.
So that no one had any complaints - let's go alphabetically: Belarus, Russia, Ukraine.
The Republic of Belarus
Belarus is the only country of the former USSR (not counting the unrecognized Transnistria) that restored the Soviet flag (with minor changes). The modern flag follows the pattern of the flag of the Byelorussian SSR, from which Soviet symbols were removed - hammer, sickle and the star, and the ornament is depicted in red on a white background (on the flag of the Byelorussian SSR, the ornament was white on a red background).
For ceremonies and other celebrations The national flag of the Republic of Belarus is used with a diamond-shaped tip with a five-pointed star.
In his speech at the meeting with the winners of the 25 September 1996 contest of the year, Alexander Lukashenko explained the meanings of the colors of the flag and its ornament :.
In the ornament of the flag, the symbols of agriculture are used - rhombuses, the most ancient graphic variations of which are known to archaeologists by their findings on the territory of Belarus. "
The State Emblem of the Republic of Belarus is located in a silver field. the green contour of the State Border of the Republic of Belarus superimposed on the golden rays of the sun rising over the globe. At the top of the field is a five-pointed red star. The coat of arms is framed by a wreath of golden ears, interlaced with flowers of clover on the right, on the left - with flax flowers. The wreath is intertwined three times on each side with a red-green ribbon, in the middle part of which at the base of the State Emblem of the Republic of Belarus two words are inscribed in gold with the words “Republic of Belarus”. (Law of the Republic of Belarus "On state symbols of the Republic of Belarus", July 5 2004, No. 301-З)
Well and the anthem match!
We, Belarusians - my people,
Sertsam addanaya Rodnay zyamlі,
Shchyra sabiruem, sily we gartuem
We ў pratsavіtay, free syam'i.
Glory, you see our light,
Hail, people ў эр эр эр!
Our love matsі-Radzіma,
Everlasting life, Belarus!
Razam s brothers muzhna Vyakami
We baranіlі dear steam,
Have bites for will, bites for share
Own zdabyvali scythe paramog!
Glory, you see our light,
Hail, people ў эр эр эр!
Our love matsі-Radzіma,
Everlasting life, Belarus!
Friendship of the peopleў - with the peopleла -
Our sack, sonyachnyh shlyah.
Gorda is well-known clear high,
Stsyag peramozhny - radastsі stsyag!
Glory, you see our light,
Hail, people ў эр эр эр!
Our love matsі-Radzіma,
Everlasting life, Belarus!
I think that he doesn’t need a translation! All clear! And, most importantly, all the symbols are harmonious. They continue historical development of the country. AND Belarusin my opinion, that's why remains the most stable Republic. Yes, there are difficulties, like all. Yes, there are dissatisfied, but their minority! Yes, sometimes it is very difficult, but people overcome these difficulties, because the symbols of the country support in them the Spirit and Faith in their country.
With all my heart I wish the glorious Republic of Belarus further prosperity and development. With such symbols it can not be broken!
Russian Federation
The national flag of the Russian Federation is a rectangular panel, consisting of three horizontal equal-sized bands: the top is white, the middle is blue, the bottom is red. What do the colors of the flag of Russia mean?
Currently, most often (unofficially) the following interpretation of the meaning of the colors of the flag of Russia is used: white color means peace, purity, purity, perfection; blue - the color of faith and faithfulness, constancy; red color symbolizes energy, strength, blood shed for the Fatherland.
(Although I personally like one more - the "sovereign" interpretation of the meanings of flag colors, which means the unity of three fraternal Eastern Slavic peoples: white - the color of White Russia of Belarus), blue - Little Russia (Ukraine), red - Great Russia.)
Coat of arms of the Russian Federation
The national emblem of Russia is a golden two-headed eagle placed on a red heraldic shield; above the eagle, three historical crowns of Peter I. Two small ones - over each of the heads and one big one over two small crowns; in the paws of an eagle - scepter and orb; on the chest of an eagle on a red shield is a rider striking a dragon with a spear. Scepter and orb - symbols of Russian power. A scepter is a rod pointing, or a cane, or a staff. In ancient mythology, the scepter was the supreme deity. Power - this is a ball with a cross - a symbol of the king's power over the world. Earlier, the state was called the "sovereign apple". The rider striking a dragon with a spear on the chest at the eagle is the emblem of Moscow - St. George the Victorious.
It seems to be a great coat of arms! That's just the coat of arms of the empire! BUT Empire, As is known, most often a vast state, including the territories of other peoples and states. Russia was called I. in 1721-1917 years; Also called the empires of large states with extensive colonial possessions. The empire forms the metropolis and its colonies.
Well and, forgive, whom Russia is going to transform into its colony? Who is going to grab to expand their possessions? Is it because now the former republics of the USSR are afraid to enter into an alliance with Russia? Well, the liberals and the "crams" - shouting that the Russian Empire has gathered everyone to enslave again!
Let this emblem be beautiful, but it DOES NOT correspond to the aspirations of Russia and the people! IMHO.
Russian anthem
Russia is our sacred state
Russia is our favorite country.
Mighty will great glory
Your heritage for all time!
Be glorious, our free Fatherland,
The brotherly peoples of the union age-old,
Ancestors given wisdom of the people!
Be glorious, country! We are proud of you!
From the southern seas to the polar region
Spread our forests and fields.
One you in the world! One you so -
God's native land!
Be glorious, our free Fatherland,
The brotherly peoples of the union age-old,
Ancestors given wisdom of the people!
Be glorious, country! We are proud of you!
Wide space for dreams and for life
The future is open to us for years.
Our loyalty to the Motherland gives us strength.
It was so, so it is and always will be so!
Be glorious, our free Fatherland,
The brotherly peoples of the union age-old,
Ancestors given wisdom of the people!
Be glorious, country! We are proud of you!
Music A. Alexandrov
Words by S. Mikhalkov
But the anthem is just wonderful! Moreover, he practically saved SOVIET music, and the words really correspond to the Spirit of the people! And though in other words, but correspond to the opinion of the Soviet people!
So we got to the Soviet characters. After all, they still exist and act! These are red stars on the towers of the Kremlin, and just stars on the facades and doors of various institutions, this is the Eternal Flame in the Parks of Glory, and monuments of the Soviet era, and the streets named after the heroes who gave their lives in the fight against fascism .... much more.
AND THE PRESENT SYMBOLS ARRAY WITH THE PAST! So the people argue all the time! Well, you can not connect the unconnected - capitalism and socialism, and there is no smooth historical transition. Maybe "some" thought that by changing the characters, everyone would happily run into capitalism? Did not work out! Soviet characters do not allow! And if you change the symbols on the socialist? Ltd! How many opponents there are!
So it turns out that Russia (my love!) despite some progress in the economy, armament, development, EVERYTHING IS EQUAL AS A REMAINING ON THE PLACE AND CANNOT BE ANY DECISION ABOUT THE SELECTED WAY. Can not carry along all the people! Can not specify a goal that will inspire people!
The national emblem and flag of our Motherland must embody its social and political system.
State symbols should reflect the fundamental idea of the equality of all citizens of the Republic, regardless of social, national or religious affiliation.
And until the symbols of the state are harmonized, there will be no sense! Therefore, they must be determined by all the people, and not by a handful of deputies who have climbed into power! And then it will be possible to educate patriots who will know and respect its state symbols.
Would you like to change something in the symbolism of Russia?
And finally, Ukraine!
(My ongoing pain!)
Flag
Traditionally it is believed that the blue and yellow stripes on the national flag means a cloudless sky and yellow wheat in the field. But not all historians agree with this. After all, blue means “the power of God,” and yellow means “faith in God.”
Small “mystical retreat” Once at the beginning of 1992, the Chinese artist Mao Mao asked at a creative event of the then President of Ukraine Leonid Kravchuk to do everything in his power so that in the newly emerged independent Ukraine first of all they would change the placement of flowers on the main state symbol - blue-yellow flag. Say, if it continues to remain the same, then under this combination of colors the country will face inevitable degradation, treason, decay, and finally collapse. After all, according to the artist, the blue on top and yellow on the bottom form the “Pi” hexagram. And this, according to the classical Chinese book of changes, I-Ching, is one of the four worst combinations. And they decode it like this: “Be vigilant and prudent. Do not undertake any important business, because it will not come true rather than come true. Your entourage does not understand you, you are arguing with friends without any reason. ”
Whereas the reverse placement of flowers, when yellow is located at the top, and blue - at the bottom, forms a completely different hexagram “Tai”, which means: “Blossoming. Small leaves. Big is coming. Happiness. Development".
However, L. Kravchuk, whom poets – people's deputies convinced that the blue – yellow flag symbolized the peaceful sky and the golden Ukrainian wheat under him, then laughed: what is useful, they say, for the Chinese, death is for the Chinese and vice versa.
It is possible to treat such “mystical” things in different ways, but the fact remains. At least the 20-year history of our independence demonstrated in the political as well as in the socio-economic life of the state exactly what Mao warned against.
But if you "run through" the historical facts, then there is nothing surprising.
In 1848, in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, where after the partition of Poland the lands of western Ukraine entered, a revolution broke out. Poles, Ukrainians and other Slavs at their congress decided to act in close-knit rows against usurpers under the red Polish flags. It did not suit “Avstrovengrov” and they decided to quarrel with the Slavs. How?
And allowed the Galician Ukrainians to have their own national flag. We took our blue-and-yellow flag with the emblem, removed our great emblem and presented it to the Ukrainians. Ukrainian flag became without coat of arms. Moreover, he was immediately presented with a banner symbolizing the unity of Austria (the bottom yellow was taken from the black and yellow Austrian flag) and the Ukrainian people (the top blue was considered the color of Kievan Rus). This flag was personally hand-sewn (or embroidered) by the mother of Emperor Franz Joseph. Ukrainians from this confidence wept out and immediately quarreled with the Poles, and then it seemed to be under this banner that they participated in the suppression of Hungarians who had risen against the empire. By the way, in the land of Lower Austria is still the flag of the administrative unit ... blue and yellow.
By the way, even though our flag has a blue stripe on top, it is customary to say that the flag is “yellow-blue”. It is no coincidence. From 1917, the inverse of the modern flag was the color of the unofficial banner of the Autonomous Ukraine (as part of the Russian state). But the hetman Skoropadsky and the chief ataman Petlyura turned the flag. Changed the arrangement of colors on the flag of the created Ukrainian People's Republic (1918-1920). Is it possible that Pavel Skoropadsky, having thrown off the Central Council, simply turned the flag over to symbolically mark a coup? Anyway, but at the peasant congress, Skoropadsky presented an inverted flag and explained: blue is sky and yellow is fields of wheat.
Ukrainian Cossacks used different banners, although by the middle of the 17th century the main banner was red with the image of Michael the Archangel. The Great Banner (banner) of the Sich was described as follows: on one side, on the red background, the Archangel Michael, on the other — the white cross, the golden sun, the crescent and the stars.
Even the Communists, when the former flag was banned during the formation of the “new Ukraine,” proposed to make the flag of the country crimson Zaporozhye Cossacks with a white Orthodox cross.
But is it possible to make a red banner, even if it was used by Zaporizhzhya Cossacks! No and no again! Only a banner from the Galician nationals ... oh, the Ukrainians! Only from the empress and the hetman. In vain, that his "Ukraine" lasted quite a while.
Follow on ...
Coat of arms
Sorry, but we do not have it!
Those. there is a “small State Emblem of Ukraine” - a golden trident on a blue background.
The trident belongs to the most ancient sacred signs. The image of a trident on the territory of Ukraine was found on the monuments of Tripoli culture (about 6 thousand years ago). The ancient gods were depicted with a trident. He crowned the rods of the Scythian kings. In Kievan Rus the trident spread from the 10th century. as a sign of the grand duke. Have you noticed that the word trident contains the number three? This number was considered magical. Recall that in folk tales it is told about three heroes, three desires and three tasks that the hero must fulfill, about three roads and so on. The trident can be drawn in such a way that it will be an interlacing of the letters cherished for each Ukrainian word "will" ...
All this is very nice, but the Great Emblem of the State is absent, although competitions for creating a sketch and further incarnation of the country's coat of arms were held more than once.
And why then be offended if Ukraine is called "under-state"? Well, what is this state where even all the characters are missing?
Anthem made politically correct
The basis of the national anthem to the music of Mikhail Verbitsky is the text of Pavel Chubinsky’s poem “Ukraine Has Not Already Dead”, written as early as 1862. Although the author himself at that time honestly said that this was a free translation of the Polish insurgents' song “I didn’t play Polish either.” In the new version of the work, only the first verse and chorus of the song remained.
Ukraine has not yet died glory, and will.
Here we are, brother Ukraine, to decrease the share.
Zinnut our vorozhenki, yak dew on sontsі,
Zapanuyem i my, brattya, u svoii storontsi.
Dushu i tilo my polozhym za nashu svobodu,
I pokazhem, shcho my, brattya, kozatskoho rodu!
The fact is that in the original were not quite politically correct words. In particular, "Let's become brothers in the bloody battle from Xiang to Don." Here, vigilant diplomats saw an encroachment on the lands of Russia and Poland. After all, the Don is a river in the European part of Russia, and the Xiang is a river in Eastern Poland.
But although the anthem is very short, but only the choir of them knows and sings it, probably. G. Rope. According to the “position” it is supposed to execute it before each BP meeting. No, some deputies also know, but the whole nation ... except the first two lines. Then he simply punches the chi-chi, because he immediately asks: “Ukraine has not yet died, but it’s still alive.” Yes, and the melody itself is more like a funeral, mournful march, than the solemn main song of the State.
It always amazed me, well, why not take a vigorous, perky march of Zaporizhzhya Cossacks for the country, which rattles in the final gopak of the Virsky ensemble, and always enjoys great success.
Gay, pour some chari,
Schob through the Vinitsya lilosya.
Schob our share of us did not cringe, |
Schob krashte in their living. | (2)
Vdarmo on the ground dashing-jouri
Schob became all cheerful!
Vip'єm for Happiness, Vip'єm for share, |
Vip'єm for all that nice.
Yes, with such a hymn, we would immediately be reunited with all the fraternal Slavic republics !!!!
Special attention should be paid to the Sign of the President
Sign (Colar) of the President - necklace, like a female. Such a badge of distinction is a symbol of power among the rulers of Poland, the Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Russia, and Moldova. It is believed that The openwork chain of Kolar with an amulet of our President belonged to Hetman Ivan Mazepa. Seven handmade medallions are also attached to this chain. The medallions depict two tridents: golden princely and trident Vladimir the Baptist. And - coats of arms of the Galicia-Volyn principality (it included Ukrainian lands), Grand Duchy of Lithuania (in its time, the principality owned part of the territory of modern Ukraine), Ukrainian People's Republic (the symbol of the first attempt to form an independent Ukraine in the 20th century) and coat of arms of Bohdan Khmelnytsky. The symbol of the Ukrainian Cossack state (“Cossack with a musket”) deserves special attention.
And that's it! There is no trace of a flourishing USSR. Erase it from memory! Failure! All our presidents.
Well, how can a country develop with such symbols? How can people feel under such oppression? What kind of youth can resist such influence?
Banner - from the Hetman Skoropadsky and the Austro-Hungarian Empire
Anthem - as a funeral march
Coat of arms - hmm, absent.
But on the Sign of the President - amulet from the very traitor Mazepa!
And, all the same, the Eternal Fires are still burning on the graves of our soldiers! Not all streets have been renamed! And the memory of the people is not so easy to erase. Past anti-fascist marches confirm this! And although the march was really organized in Kiev by the Party of Regions, in the cities these marches did not go entirely under the slogans that our “elite” would like to see. Few people went with a poster "To Europe without fascists." But "Fascism will not work!", Red banners, portraits of I.V. Stalin - were.
And the power was scared! That same evening, the blessing was “The Day of Remembrance of Political Repressions” on TV remembered everything — the poor Tatars, who were evicted for the 2 of the day, and the poor Greeks, Germans, Poles, who were also brutally removed inland, and even new graves (! ) in the Donbass region, in the mines - well, of course, the damned Stalinist Enkavedists shot the Ukrainian workers and peasants. (And it is the Ukrainians) ....
I have not heard such frantic lies yet. But it, nevertheless, pleases. If the power was frightened by the speeches of its people, then all is not lost. And the people began to regain consciousness after being “hit with a baton on the head”.
If you are not tired yet, I want to draw your attention to the symbols of our “sworn friend” - the USA. We often wonder: “How Americans do not understand what their country is doing!” But nothing surprising! Look at their symbol, at least for the Big Seal.
Its central element is used as the coat of arms of the United States. Unlike the emblems of other countries, the seal of the United States has two sides. On the front side there is a bald eagle, which holds in one paw an arrow (a symbol of war), and in the other an olive branch (a symbol of peace). On the other side of the print, an unfinished pyramid is depicted above which the “all-seeing eye” is located in the triangle.
So the Americans think that only through war can they bring peace and prosperity.
State symbols are valid! Oh, how to act!
CONCLUSION: If we really want to achieve development, prosperity, and the power of our countries, we need to unite and put our symbols in order. Find the harmony that can show the world all the best that was in the past! Just keeping the real, not a fictional story! And this should be done only in popular opinion.
Information sources:
http://dic.academic.ru/dic.nsf/ogegova/219254
http://ru.wikipedia.org
http://president.gov.by/press10664.html
http://odessa-life.od.ua/article/2912-chto-oznachayut-simvoly-ukrainy
http://uargument.com.ua/politika/perevernut-flag/
http://bcoreanda.com/ShowArticle.aspx?ID=63
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