State Flag Square () is a square on

Victors Avenue Victors Avenue (, ) is a public avenue in Minsk, Belarus. History Until 1980, it was called the Park Highway. For a long time, the northwest center of Minsk along the right bank of the Svislach (Berezina), Svislach tributary of the river Berezin ...

in the city of

Minsk Minsk (, ; , ) is the capital and largest city of Belarus, located on the Svislach (Berezina), Svislach and the now subterranean Nyamiha, Niamiha rivers. As the capital, Minsk has a special administrative status in Belarus and is the administra ...

, the capital of

Belarus Belarus, officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east and northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Belarus spans an a ...

. It sits between the avenue and the BelExpo Exhibition Center.

Notable events

Inauguration of the Square

The Square was opened by President

Alexander Lukashenko Alexander Grigoryevich Lukashenko (also transliterated as Alyaksandr Ryhoravich Lukashenka; born 30 August 1954) is a Belarusian politician who has been the first and only president of Belarus since the office's establishment in 1994, making hi ...

and Lao President

Choummaly Sayasone Lieutenant General Choummaly Sayasone ( Lao: ຈູມມະລີ ໄຊຍະສອນ; born 6 March 1936) is a Laotian politician who was General Secretary (supreme leader) of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP) and President of Laos ...

on 2 July 2013, during a ceremony on the square.

Events of state

* State Flag and Coat of Arms Day celebrations. * Patriotic events, such as Independence Day. * Ceremonies for foreign delegations.

Other events

Many of the demonstrations during the 2020 Belarusian protests took place on the square.

Flag

The state flag of Belarus, on a high flagstaff, is long and wide. The flag is made with special waterproof fabric and weighs . The width of the flagpole is at the top, and at the bottom.

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