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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).
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 .
c. 1700: 1860 1916 1916 1932 1936 1949 1971 Qatar: Romania: 1330 1834 1848 1859 1862 1867 1948 1948 1952 1965 1989 1989 Romania: 1396 1834 Russia: 1668 1696 1858 1914 1917 1922 1924 1924 1936 1955 1993 Russia: 1918 1918 1937 1954 1991 Rwanda: 1885 1919 1959 1961 1962 2001 Rwanda: Saint Kitts and Nevis: 1626 1713 1801 1871 1958 1962 1967 1983 ...
1533–1584), became in 1547 the first Russian monarch to be crowned tsar of all Russia. Between 1550 and 1700, the Russian state grew by an average of 35,000 km 2 (14,000 sq mi) per year. Peter I transformed the tsardom into an empire, and fought numerous wars that turned a vast realm into a major European power.
The Russian Federation has several official national symbols including a historical document, a flag, an emblem, a national anthem. The current design of the national flag is the same as the Russian Empire and was officially adopted again after the dissolution of the Soviet Union .
The Tsardom of Russia, [a] also known as the Tsardom of Moscow, [b] was the centralized Russian state from the assumption of the title of tsar by Ivan IV in 1547 until the foundation of the Russian Empire by Peter the Great in 1721. From 1550 to 1700, Russia grew by an average of 35,000 square kilometres (14,000 sq mi) per year. [11]
The black-yellow-white flag (Russian: черно-желто-белый флаг, romanized: cherno-zhelto-belyy flag) was an official flag of the Russian Empire from 11 June 1858, until it was de facto abolished on 29 April 1896 by order of Nicholas II, although it was never officially rescinded in law. [1]
The Millennium of Russia monument in Veliky Novgorod (unveiled on 8 September 1862). The history of Russia begins with the histories of the East Slavs. [1] [2] The traditional start date of specifically Russian history is the establishment of the Rus' state in the north in the year 862, ruled by Varangians.