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The nation of Russia has designed and used various flags throughout history. Listed in this article are flags — federal, administrative, military, etc. — used between the time of the Tsardom of Russia (1547–1721), Russian Empire (1721–1917) and today's Russian Federation (1991–present day).
The Flag of the Russian Empire or Black-yellow-white flag (Russian: Чёрно-жёлто-белый флаг) was the official flag of the Russian Empire from 11 June 1858 to 29 April 1896, when Emperor Nicholas II declared the white-blue-red flag national, but the black-yellow-white flag was not officially abolished. [1]
The Russian Empire [e] [f] was an empire that spanned most of northern Eurasia from its proclamation in November 1721 until the proclamation of the Russian Republic in September 1917. At its height in the late 19th century, it covered about 22,800,000 km 2 (8,800,000 sq mi), roughly one-sixth of the world's landmass, making it the third-largest ...
Black-yellow-white flag of the Russian Empire (1858-1896) White-blue-red flag of the Russian Empire (1896-1917) This page was last edited on 27 ...
Tsar Alexander II's Flag of the Russian Empire (1858–1896) Russian flag during WWI on a postcard (1914–1917) [a] The Russian tricolour flag was adopted as a merchant flag at rivers in 1705. These colours of the flag of Russia would later inspire the choice of the "Pan-Slavic colours" by the Prague Slavic Congress, 1848.
19th century Russian lithograph depicting Wittgenstein's Chevalier-Guardsmen fighting the first battle of Polotsk.. In the First Battle of Polotsk, which took place on 17–18 August 1812, Russian troops under the command of Peter Wittgenstein fought French and Bavarian troops led by Nicolas Oudinot near the city of Polotsk, halting Oudinot's advance toward Saint Petersburg. [5]
Flag of German Empire: Horizontal black-white-red triband. 1896–1917: Flag of Russian Empire: Horizontal white-blue-red triband. 1858–1896: Flag of Russian Empire: Horizontal black-yellow-white triband. 1650–1721: Flag of the Duchy of Estonia under Sweden: 1561–1650: Flag of the Duchy of Estonia under Sweden: 1570–1579: Flag of the ...
The "Patriotic War of 1812" is also occasionally referred to as simply the "War of 1812", a term which should not be confused with the conflict between Great Britain and the United States, also known as the War of 1812. In Russian literature written before the Russian revolution, the war was occasionally described as "the invasion of twelve ...