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The flag was a cross-stitch of 4.6x4.9 meters sewn from cloth, composed of three equal-sized horizontal stripes of white, blue and red, with a golden double-headed eagle in the middle. [9] The original of this oldest surviving Russian flag is located in the Central Naval Museum in Saint Petersburg .
Flag Coat of Arms / National Emblem Map English short name English long name Legal status Domestic short name Domestic long name Capital Abkhazia [n 1] De jure part of Georgia [s 1] Abkhaz: Аԥсны Apsny. Georgian: აფხაზეთი Abkhazeti / Apkhazeti Russian: Абхазия Abhaziya. Abkhaz: Аԥсны Аҳәынҭқарра Apsny ...
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).
Transcontinental country in Europe and Asia, classified as an Eastern European country by the United Nations Statistics Division: Russia . States mostly or entirely in West Asia, but commonly associated with Europe, and a member of the Council of Europe : Armenia , Azerbaijan , Cyprus , Georgia , and Turkey .
Five unequal horizontal bands; the top-most band of blue - equal to one half the width of the flag - is followed by three bands of white, red, and white, each equal to 1/12 of the width, and a bottom stripe of blue equal to one quarter of the flag width; a circle of 10 yellow, five-pointed stars is centered on the red stripe and positioned 3/8 ...
Rectangle divided into four parts. Its left part features a yellow vertical stripe, which wight equals to 1:4 of the wight of the flag. Its right part is divided into three horizontal stripes, that are, from top to bottom: blue, white, and red. In the middle of the white stripe is placed the coat of arms of the voivodeship. 2000–
Eurasia is considered a supercontinent, part of the supercontinent of Afro-Eurasia or simply a continent in its own right. [7] In plate tectonics , the Eurasian Plate includes Europe and most of Asia but not the Indian subcontinent, the Arabian Peninsula or the area of the Russian Far East east of the Chersky Range .
Russia has nine major mountain ranges, and they are found along the southernmost regions, which share a significant portion of the Caucasus Mountains (containing Mount Elbrus, which at 5,642 m (18,510 ft) is the highest peak in Russia and Europe); [9] the Altai and Sayan Mountains in Siberia; and in the East Siberian Mountains and the Kamchatka ...