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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.
Blue and red flags with St. Andrew's flag in the cantons were abolished in 1732–43, 1764–97 (finally abolished in 1865). In 1819 St. George's ensign was established as a reward flag — St. Andrew's flag with the image of St. George placed on a red shield in the centre. It was awarded to the line ship Azov (1827) and the brig Mercurii (1829).
On 17 June 2023 in the new St. Petersburg 300th Anniversary Park , the historical flags of the Russian Empire (black-yellow-white flag), the USSR and the current Russian flag were raised on the highest flagpoles in Europe (179.5 m). The ceremony was dedicated to the 330th anniversary of the white-blue-red flag of Peter I, the 165th anniversary ...
13 July - Treaty of Constantinople, Russian tsardom relieved from paying the annual tribute to the Crimean Khanate paid since the occupation of Muscovy by the Golden Horde. 30 November - Battle of Narva, an early battle in the Great Northern War where a Russian siege force was defeated by a Swedish relief army under Charles XII of Sweden.
The plastic flag was made in China and marketed by a Virginia company, the television station reported. Tim returned to the Dollar Tree store and explained that there should only be 50 stars to ...
Reverted to version as of 22:06, 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 (1.09 MB) SuperSkaterDude45: Reverted to version as of 01:14, 2 January 2022 (UTC) 22:06, 16 April 2022: 900 × 600 (1.1 MB) CapLiber: color palette: 01:14, 2 ...
The flag display comes after former national security adviser Michael Flynn resigned amid reports that he had discussed sanctions with Russian officials. The wave of reports that Russia hacked the ...