Republic of Montenegro (Socialist Yugoslavia)

Last modified: 2004-11-13 by ivan sache
Keywords: yugoslavia | montenegro | star (red) | coat of arms | rock |
Links: FOTW homepage | search | disclaimer and copyright | write us | mirrors

by Željko Heimer

• Description of the flag
• Coat of arms

See also:

• Socialist Yugoslavia
• Republics in Socialist Yugoslavia
• Montenegro

Description of the flag

Montenegro (People's Republic of, Narodna Republika Crna Gora, until 1963; then Socialist Republic, Socijalistička Republika Crna Gora, until 1991) used a red blue-white-flag with a star, officially adopted on 31 December 1946. The Montenegrin tricolour dates from the 1880s, and is based on the Serbian tricolour.

Željko Heimer, 1 April 1996

Coat of arms

by Željko Heimer, adapted from WIPO IPDL database

On a grey rock rising from sea, the Negoš mausoleum, surrounded with golden laurel wreath with ribbon in national tricolour. Above golden outlined red star.

The Negoš mausoleum in Četinje, built by Mestrović, is one of the symbols of Montenegrin sovereignty. Dynasty Petrović-Negoš was ruling Montenegro, and brought western ideas of statehood and culture. Several members of the family were also writers, the most notable being Petar Petrović-Negoš.

Th