Pan-Slavic colours
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The Pan-Slavic colours, red, blue and white, are colours used on the flags of most Slavic states and peoples. Their use symbolizes the common origin of the Slavic peoples. Originally, it was the flag of the Russian Empire turned upside down. The Russian three colours were adopted by other Slavic states in the course of the Pan-Slavic movement of the 19th century Europe.
The flag of Bulgaria also originated from the same Pan-Slavic colours, but the blue was replaced with green, because Bulgaria was developed as an agricultural country after its independence in 1878. The flag of Eastern Rumelia, a former Ottoman province that united with Bulgaria in 1885, also consisted of the same colours.
The flag of Montenegro used to consist of the same colours (in the same order as in the flag of Serbia, but with a brighter hue of blue) until it was changed in 2004.
These three colours are, symbolising freedom and revolutionary ideals, also used on the flags of many non-Slavic nations, including the United States, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and France.
Flags of some autonomous republics and districts of Russia with non-slavic titular nation (e.g. Chukotka) incorporate the panslavic tricolor to symbolize both their being part of Russia and significant presence of Russian population.
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Modern flags with Pan-Slavic colours
Former flags with Pan-Slavic colours
 Flag of the Russian Empire |
 One of Polish flags used during the January Uprising |
 Flag of Czechoslovakia |
 Flag of Eastern Rumelia, an Ottoman province that united with Bulgaria in 1885 |
 Flag of SFR Yugoslavia |
 Former flag of Montenegro |
 Flag of Republika Srpska Krajina |
 Flag of Herzeg-Bosnia |
 Former flag of Aga Buryatia |
 Former flag of Nenetsia |
