Bulgaria

Republic of Bulgaria

Last modified: 2005-04-23 by rob raeside
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• National Symbols
• Historical Flags
• Flags of the Armed Forces
• Naval Flags
• Governmental Flags
• Subdivisions and municipalities of Bulgaria
• Other Flags
• Flags of Neighbouring Countries
• Clickable map of Bulgaria
• Subdivisons of Bulgaria
• Principal Sources of Bulgarian flag images

National Symbols

• National flag
• Constitutional Specifications
• Origin of Bulgarian colours
• New Coat of Arms
• Summary of history of Bulgarian coats of arms

Historical Flags

• 19th Century nationalist flag
• Principality of Bulgaria, 1878-1908
  • Prince's Standard
  • Naval Ensign
  • Commander-in-Chief of Navy
  • Merchant Ensign
  • Pilot requesting signal
  • Masthead Pennant
  • Jack
  • Eastern Rumelia, 1878-1908
• Kingdom of Bulgaria, 1908-1944
  • Introduction
  • King's Standard
  • King's Pennant
  • Queen's Standard
  • Queen's Pennant
  • Crown-prince's Standard
  • Crown-prince's Pennant
  • Crown Princess' Standard
  • Other male members of the royal family
  • Other female members of the royal family
  • Coat of arms
• Kingdom of Bulgaria, 1944-1946
  • Changes during 1937-1944
  • Bulgarian flag of 1944
• People's Republic of Bulgaria, 1946-1967
  • Coat of arms (1946?-1948)
  • Possible flag using pre-1948 coat of arms
  • Coat of arms (1948)
  • Civil Ensign
  • Chairman of the Council of Ministers
  • Chairman of the Presidium
  • International Workers' Movement
• People's Republic of Bulgaria, 1967-1971
  • Coat of arms (1967)
  • Civil Ensign
  • Chairman of the Council of Ministers
  • Chairman of the Presidium
• People's Republic of Bulgaria, 1971-1990
  • Coat of arms (1971)
  • Civil Ensign
  • Chairman of the Council of Ministers
  • Chairman of the Presidium of the People's Assembly
  • Chairman of the State Council
  • International Workers' Movement
• Historical Constitutional Specifications
• Republic of Bulgaria since 1990
  • Constitutional Specifications
  • Historical Constitutional Specifications
  • Origin of Bulgarian colours
  • Roundels

Flags of the Armed Forces

• Military flags
  • Naval Ensign
  • Naval Jack
  • Auxiliary Vessels and Coast Guard Ensign
  • Commander in Chief of the Navy
  • Navy Chief of Staff
  • Naval Group Commander
  • Rank Flags of 1949
    • Background
    • Chairman Minister (ministyr-predsedatel)
    • Navy Commander (komandir na VMS)
    • Brigade Commander
    • Commander of Coastal Defence Region
    • Fleet Commander
    • Detachment Commander
• Roundels
• Kingdom of Bulgaria, 1908-1944: Army and Government flags
  • Minister of Army
  • Chief of Staff of the Army
  • Chief of the Third and Fourth Inspections of the Army 
  • Minister of Railways

Naval Flags

• Naval flags of the Kingdom of Bulgaria, 1908-1944
  • Naval Ensign
  • Jack
  • Commander-in-Chief of the Fleet
  • Commander in Chief of the Fleet Pennant
  • Commander of a Division
  • Chief of the Naval Fleet
  • Chief of a Flotilla
  • Captain commanding a flotilla or a division
  • Commander commanding a flotilla or a division
  • Group Commander
  • Group Commander Pennant
  • Masthead Pennant
  • Standard of the Chief of the Outside Service of the Port Administration
  • Standard of the Chief of the Central Service of the Port Administration
  • Service ensign of the port vehicles without autonomous propulsion
  • Service ensign of the port vehicles with autonomous propulsion
  • Pilot's Ensign
  • Rank flags
    • Admiral's ensign and pennant
    • Vice-Admiral's ensign and pennant
    • Rear-Admiral's ensign and pennant
• Naval flags of the People's Republic, 1949-1955
  • Naval Ensign
  • Minister-chairman
  • Minister of People's Defence
  • Chief of the General Staff of the Bulgarian People's Army
  • Naval Force Commander, Commander of Army, Commander of Corps
  • Naval Fleet Chief of the Staff
  • Commander of Brigade
  • Commander of Military District, Commander of Regiment ("polk"), Deputy Commander of Division
  • Commander of Flotilla, Commander of Groups and Deputy Commander of Group
  • Commander of Squadron, Commander of "rot"
  • Commander of Vessel
  • Jack
• Naval flags of the People's Republic, 1955-1990
  • Naval Ensign
  • Guard Naval Ensign
  • Naval Ensign with Red Banner Order
  • Guard Naval Ensign with Red Banner Order
  • 1955 Jack
  • 1963 Jack
  • Ensign of Auxiliary Vessels
  • Ensign of Hydrographic and Pilot Service
  • Ministry of Interior Ensign
  • DOSO Ensign

  • Commander of Naval Force
  • Senior Flag Officer
  • Junior Flag Officer
  • Naval Masthead Pennant
  • Naval Division Commander Pennant
  • Auxiliary Vessels Division Commander Pennant
  • Naval Group Commander Pennant
  • DOSO Flags, 1955-1990
    • DOSO Ensign
    • DOSO Chairman
    • DOSO Vice-Chairman
    • DOSO "UMS" Chief
    • DOSO Group Commander
    • DOSO Vessels Pennant
  • Deputy Minister of the People's Defence, 1975-1990
  • Chief of Staff of Naval Fleet, 1975-1990
  • Naval Ship Group Commander, 1975-1990
  • Naval Rescue Vessels Ensign, 1975-1990
• Government flags of the People's Republic, 1955-1990
  • Chairman of the Presidium of the People's Assembly
  • Chairman of the Ministry Council
  • Minister of People's Defence
  • Chief of the General Staff of the Bulgarian People's Army
  • Commander of Border Army
  • Chief of Staff of Border Army
• Bulgarian Naval Flags (since 1990)
  • Naval Ensign
  • Naval Jack
  • Auxiliary Vessels and Coast Guard Ensign
  • Commander in Chief of the Navy
  • Navy Chief of Staff
  • Naval Group Commander

Governmental Flags

• President of the Republic
• Prime Minister
• Minister of Defence
• Minister of Interior

Subdivisions and municipalities of Bulgaria

• Clickable map of Bulgaria
• Montana Province
• Sofija Province
• Province of Blagoevgrad
• Province of Burgas
• Province of Dobrich
• Province of Gabrovo
• Province of Haskovo
• Province of Jambol
• Province of Kardzhali
• Province of Kjustendil
• Province of Lovech
• Province of Pernik
• Province of Pleven
• Province of Plovdiv
• Province of Razgrad
• Province of Ruse
• Province of Shumen
• Province of Silistra
• Province of Sliven
• Province of Smoljan
• Province of Sofija
• Province of Stara Zagora
• Province of Targovishte
• Province of Varna
• Province of Veliko Tarnovo
• Province of Vidin
• Province of Vraca

• Beloslav
• Byala
• Gabrovo
• Kaloyanovo
• Lukovit
• Plovdiv
• Ruse
• Troyan
• Varna

Political Flags

• Bulgarian Communist Party
• VMRO Inner Macedonian Revolutionary Organization
• DPS Bulgarian Turks
• BSP Bulgarian Socialist Party
• BEL Bulgarian Euro Left
• NDSV National Movement Simeon II
• SDS Union of Democratic Forces
• BNS Bulgarian National Alliance

Other Flags

• Political organizations
• Ethnic minorities
• Bulgarian ethnic minorities in Hungary
• Shipping Lines

Flags of Neighbouring Countries

• Romania
• Serbia and Montenegro
• Macedonia
• Greece
• Turkey

Principal Sources

• Ivanov (1998) Български войни знамена и флагове | Bwlgarski voĭni znamena i flagove | Bulgarian military flags and ensigns
• Album des Pavillons (2000)

• Bulgarian coat of arms