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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).
File:Flag of Russia (1914-1917) uncolored.svg. Add languages. ... English: Uncolored version of Flag of Russian Empire for Private Use (1914-1917) Date: 24 April 2019:
Reverted to version as of 22:04, 16 April 2022 (UTC).during that period the Russian flag was White, Light Blue and Red, blue was not adopted until 1993. 17:21, 18 April 2022 900 × 600 (1.16 MB)
The Russian Revolutions of 1917 saw the collapse of the Russian Empire, a short-lived provisional government, and the creation of the world's first socialist state under the Bolsheviks. They made explicit commitments to promote the equality of men and women.
Members of the 1st Russian Women's Battalion of Death with their commander Maria Bochkareva (far right) in 1917. Women's Battalions (Russia) were all-female combat units formed after the February Revolution by the Russian Provisional Government, in a last-ditch effort to inspire the mass of war-weary soldiers to continue fighting in World War I.
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.
English: A flag designed by "A. Bryanchaninov" published in 1917. Characteristically, with a loyal attitude to national colors, the author writes "New Russia cannot have the same emblem as the old one, irrevocably condemned by the people." Source - Catalog of the exhibition "Long Live Freedom!", National Library of Russia