Vitebsk region has acquired its own coat of arms and flag

In order to revive the historical and heraldic traditions of the Vitebsk region, the President established official heraldic symbols of the administrative-territorial and territorial units of the Vitebsk region: the coats of arms and flags of the Vitebsk region, the city of Lepel, the urban-type settlement of Bogushevsk of the Sennensky district, the village of Perebrodye of the Miorsky district, the flags of the city of Senno and the Sennensky district, as well as the cities of Disna, Miory, Novolukoml, Postavy, Chashniki, and the urban-type settlement of Rossony. Provisions on the listed official heraldic symbols, their descriptions and images have been approved. The decree also sets out in a new edition the Regulation on the coat of arms of the city of Vitebsk, its description and image, as well as the description and image of the flag of the city of Vitebsk, approved by the decree of the President of February 9, 2004 No. 60.

June 3, Minsk /Marta Astreyko - BELTA/. The Vitebsk region has acquired its coat of arms and flag. On June 2, the President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko signed decree No. 277 "On the establishment of official heraldic symbols of administrative-territorial and territorial units of the Vitebsk region," the press service of the head of state informed BELTA.

In order to revive the historical and heraldic traditions of the Vitebsk region, the President established official heraldic symbols of the administrative-territorial and territorial units of the Vitebsk region: the coats of arms and flags of the Vitebsk region, the city of Lepel, the urban-type settlement of Bogushevsk of the Sennensky district, the village of Perebrodye of the Miorsky district, the flags of the city of Senno and the Sennensky district, as well as the cities of Disna, Miory, Novolukoml, Postavy, Chashniki, and the urban-type settlement of Rossony. Provisions on the listed official heraldic symbols, their descriptions and images have been approved.

The decree also sets out in a new edition the Regulation on the coat of arms of the city of Vitebsk, its description and image, as well as the description and image of the flag of the city of Vitebsk, approved by the decree of the President of February 9, 2004 No. 60.-0-