Serbia vs Russia flag: how to tell them apart
Russia is white on top and red at the bottom. Serbia is the reverse, red on top and white at the bottom, and the state flag adds a coat of arms.
How to tell them apart
Stripe order
Russia: white on top, blue in the middle, red at the bottom. Serbia: red on top, blue in the middle, white at the bottom.
Coat of arms
Serbia's state flag has the lesser coat of arms placed towards the pole side of the centre. Russia's flag has no emblem.
Plain Serbian flag
Serbia's civil flag is the plain red, blue and white tricolour, so you may see it without the coat of arms too.
Same shape
Both flags are 2:3 with three equal horizontal bands.
Bert's facts
- Serbia: Serbia is landlocked, yet it touches eight other countries.
- Russia: Russia shares land borders with fourteen countries.
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