Flag Of Russia: Tricolor flag consisting of three equal horizontal fields
The flag of Russia is a horizontal tricolor of three colors - white on the top, blue in the middle, and red on the bottom.
These Slavic tricolors are also used in flags of other Slavic nations (e.g. Serbia, Slovenia, Croatia, Slovakia and the Czech Republic).
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| Name | Триколор (lit. 'tricolour') |
|---|---|
| Use | Civil and state flag, civil and state ensign    |
| Proportion | 2:3 |
| Adopted | 1705–1922
1991–present
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| Design | Horizontal tricolour of white, blue, and red |
| Designed by | Peter the Great |
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| Use | Naval ensign  |
| Proportion | 2:3 |
| Adopted | 1712–1923 1958–present |
| Design | Two blue diagonal bands forming a St. Andrew's Cross on a white background |
History
When Tsar Peter I traveled in the year 1699 to the Netherlands, in order to get more shipbuilding experience, he recognized the necessity that Russia needed its own flag for its navy.
The new Russian flag should follow the model of the flag of the Netherlands (at that time three horizontal strips orange-white-blue in addition, red-white-blue after 1630), but use colors from Russia. Peter I selected the colors from the coat of arms of the Principality of Moscow: On red background a white knight on a white horse rides, wrapped into a blue coat and blue sign carrying. Later the three colors were interpreted also than symbol for the three state-carrying ostslawischen peoples in the Russian Zarenreich: White for the “white Russians”, blue for the “small Russians” and red for the “large Russians”.
This flag was first allowed to be used on 7 May 1883. When the Bolsheviks 1917 seized power, they changed the national flag. On 22 August 1991 the white-blue-red Tricolor was determined again to the Russian national flag.
Andreyevsky flag
Peter I gave also another flag to the country: the so-called imperial flag of Russia. It consists of a blue St Andrews cross on a white background. This flag was used alternatively with the Trikolore. The flag is still used as the flag of the Russian navy.
On 15 April 1996 the Russian president Boris Yeltsin signed an explanation that the victory flag is equivalent to the Russian flag.
The victory flag is a variant of the flag, which was introduced on May 1, 1945. The difference to the flag of the Soviet Union is that the star is somewhat larger and hammer and Sichel are not used.
References
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