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The national flag of the Russian Federation (Russian: Государственный флаг Российской Федерации, Gosudarstvenny flag Rossiyskoy Federatsii) is a tricolour of three equal horizontal bands: white on the top, blue in the middle, and red on the bottom.
The National Flag of Russia features three equal horizontal bands of white (top), blue, and red. The blue color stands for the faithfulness and honesty of the people of Russia. The red color symbolizes the courage and the love of the Russian people. The white color stands for the frankness and nobility of the Russian citizens.
After the formation of the Soviet Union, the official state flag contained a gold hammer, sickle, and gold-bordered red star in the upper hoist corner. When the Soviet Union dissolved, its symbols were replaced.
- The flag emerged under the rule of Peter the Great. The year 1668 is considered by historians to be the birth year of the Russian flag. The first ever Russian-built warship ‘Oryol’ was flying a prototype of this flag back under the rule of Tsar Alexis I. However, its precise look and the position of colors are lost to history.
- Forgotten for almost 70 years. The white-blue-red flag became an official national flag under Tsar Nicholas II. Russian authorities had decided to revive this “traditional Russian” national flag as a symbol of unity of the new tsar with the people.
- After the dissolution of the USSR, the flag returned in 1991. August 22 is marked as National Flag Day in Russia. This day is considered to be the date of the revival of our historic tricolor in modern history.
- There is a special law about the flag. The first decree on the state flag was signed by Boris Yeltsin in 1993; in 2000, Vladimir Putin signed the Federal Constitutional Law ‘On the State Flag of the Russian Federation’.
Russian flag is composed of three horizontal stripes of equal width. Red, blue and white are considered traditional Pan-Slavic colors and wide number of states adopted them in the 19th century since Russia was at that time the only independent Slavic state.
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The combination of white, blue and red is the national colors of Russia and has a long history. It can often be found in other state symbols, such as the coat of arms and anthem. The Russian flag has 2:3 proportions, meaning that its length is twice as long as its width.
The Russian flag also known as the National Flag of Russia or the Imperial Flag of Russia can be described by three horizontal strips that lay on top of one another in the following order white, blue and red. The flag was chosen as the official flag on May 7th 1883.
