Flags of Eastern Europe
Recognise the 10 national flags of Eastern Europe by their colours and design, one family of flags at a time.
10 cards · Geography
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Checked by the Brain Zap team · reviewed 23 Oct 2026
Sources: Gallery of sovereign state flags (Wikipedia), flag-icons by Lipis, MIT licence (the pictures)
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White over red, two horizontal bands
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Poland
Learn more: White and red come from the white eagle on a red shield in its coat of arms. Adopted in 1919.
White over red, with a blue triangle at the pole
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Czechia
Learn more: First flown in 1920. When the federation split in 1993, it kept the shared flag.
White, blue and red bands, with a double-cross shield
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Slovakia
Learn more: The coat of arms was added in 1992, partly so the flag would not look like the Russian one.
Red, white and green horizontal bands
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Hungary
Learn more: The colours come from its old coat of arms. The tricolour was flown in the 1848 revolution.
Blue, yellow and red vertical bands
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Romania
Learn more: Its blue is lighter than Chad's otherwise identical flag. This one came first, in 1848.
About this topic
This chapter of Flags of the World covers the national flags of Eastern Europe. Each card shows a flag and asks which country flies it, with a hint and a short story of where its colours and shapes come from.
Eastern Europe is a land of horizontal bands. White, blue and red recur among its Slavic nations, and two neighbours, Romania and Moldova, share almost the same flag.
Learn the family first, then the one detail that sets each flag apart: the order of the colours, a shade of blue, a cross, a star or an emblem. Once you know most of this chapter's flags, the next chapter of the Book starts arriving in your Daily Zap.
All 10 cards
White over red, two horizontal bands
Poland
Learn more: White and red come from the white eagle on a red shield in its coat of arms. Adopted in 1919.
White over red, with a blue triangle at the pole
Czechia
Learn more: First flown in 1920. When the federation split in 1993, it kept the shared flag.
White, blue and red bands, with a double-cross shield
Slovakia
Learn more: The coat of arms was added in 1992, partly so the flag would not look like the Russian one.
Red, white and green horizontal bands
Hungary
Learn more: The colours come from its old coat of arms. The tricolour was flown in the 1848 revolution.
Blue, yellow and red vertical bands
Romania
Learn more: Its blue is lighter than Chad's otherwise identical flag. This one came first, in 1848.
White, green and red horizontal bands
Bulgaria
Learn more: Adopted in 1879 after independence from the Ottoman Empire.
Blue, yellow and red bands, with an eagle holding a shield
Moldova
Learn more: The eagle holds a cross in its beak; the shield shows an aurochs head, an old symbol of the region.
Blue over yellow, two horizontal bands
Ukraine
Learn more: Often read as blue sky over fields of wheat. First a national flag in 1918, adopted again in 1992.
Red over green, with a red and white ornament at the pole
Belarus
Learn more: The ornament at the pole is a pattern from traditional embroidered towels. This design dates from 1995.
White, blue and red horizontal bands
Russia
Learn more: Said to have been modelled on the Dutch flag around 1700. It returned in 1991, replacing the Soviet red flag.
Image credits
- White over red, two horizontal bands: flag-icons by Lipis, MIT, MIT Source: White over red, two horizontal bands
- White over red, with a blue triangle at the pole: flag-icons by Lipis, MIT, MIT Source: White over red, with a blue triangle at the pole
- White, blue and red bands, with a double-cross shield: flag-icons by Lipis, MIT, MIT Source: White, blue and red bands, with a double-cross shield
- Red, white and green horizontal bands: flag-icons by Lipis, MIT, MIT Source: Red, white and green horizontal bands
- Blue, yellow and red vertical bands: flag-icons by Lipis, MIT, MIT Source: Blue, yellow and red vertical bands
- White, green and red horizontal bands: flag-icons by Lipis, MIT, MIT Source: White, green and red horizontal bands
- Blue, yellow and red bands, with an eagle holding a shield: flag-icons by Lipis, MIT, MIT Source: Blue, yellow and red bands, with an eagle holding a shield
- Blue over yellow, two horizontal bands: flag-icons by Lipis, MIT, MIT Source: Blue over yellow, two horizontal bands
- Red over green, with a red and white ornament at the pole: flag-icons by Lipis, MIT, MIT Source: Red over green, with a red and white ornament at the pole
- White, blue and red horizontal bands: flag-icons by Lipis, MIT, MIT Source: White, blue and red horizontal bands
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