List of Russian flags
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National Flag
| Flag | |Use | Flag of Russia Flag of Russia The flag of Russia is a tricolour flag of three equal horizontal fields, white on the top, blue in the middle and red on the bottom. The flag was first used as an ensign for Russian merchant and war ships and only became official in 1896... . | A tricolour Tricolour A tricolour is a flag or banner more-or-less equally divided into three bands of differing colours... consisting of three equal horizontal fields, white on the top, blue in the middle and red on the bottom. Used as a commercial and civil maritime ensign from the 1690s (allegedly from 1668) on. |
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Presidential Flag
| Flag | |Use | Coat of arms Coat of arms of Russia The coat of arms of Russia have gone through three major periods in their history, undergoing major changes in the transitions between the Russian Empire, the Soviet Union, and the Russian Federation. They date back to 1472, when Ivan III began using the double-headed eagle in his seal, which,... , with a gold fringe. |
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Military Flags
| Flag | |Use | Armed forces Armed Forces of the Russian Federation The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation are the military services of Russia, established after the break-up of the Soviet Union. On 7 May 1992 Boris Yeltsin signed a decree establishing the Russian Ministry of Defence and placing all Soviet Armed Forces troops on the territory of the RSFSR... | |
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Banner of Victory (Historical battle flag) | The Banner of Victory raised on the Reichstag Reichstag (building) The Reichstag building is a historical edifice in Berlin, Germany, constructed to house the Reichstag, parliament of the German Empire. It was opened in 1894 and housed the Reichstag until 1933, when it was severely damaged in a fire. During the Nazi era, the few meetings of members of the... in 1945. Replicas of the Victory Banner can be used alongside the national flag on Victory Day. |
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| 1996–2007 | Commemorative flag. | The Victory Banner Victory Banner The Soviet Banner of Victory is the banner raised by the Red Army soldiers on the Reichstag building in Berlin, on April 30, 1945. It was raised by three Soviet soldiers: Alexei Berest, Mikhail Yegorov, and Meliton Kantaria, from Ukraine, Russia, and Georgia respectively.The Victory Banner, made... . It had a status similar to that of the national flag, and could be used alongside the national flag on national holidays. |
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Flag of the Russian Ground Forces Russian Ground Forces The Russian Ground Forces are the land forces of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, formed from parts of the collapsing Soviet Army in 1992. The formation of these forces posed economic challenges after the collapse of the Soviet Union, and required reforms to professionalize the force... . |
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Ensign of the Russian Navy, the so-called андреевский (St. Andrew's) flag. | A blue saltire Saltire A saltire, or Saint Andrew's Cross, is a heraldic symbol in the form of a diagonal cross or letter ex . Saint Andrew is said to have been martyred on such a cross.... on a white field. |
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Jack of the Russian Navy. | The Ensign of the Russian Navy superimposed on a white cross on a red field. | |
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Flag of the Russian Air Force Russian Air Force The Russian Air Force is the air force of Russian Military. It is currently under the command of Colonel General Aleksandr Zelin. The Russian Navy has its own air arm, the Russian Naval Aviation, which is the former Soviet Aviatsiya Voyenno Morskogo Flota , or AV-MF).The Air Force was formed from... . |
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| Flag of the Russian Airborne Troops. | A bicolour of horizontal stripes, blue and green defaced with the Russian Airborne Troops emblem. | ||
| Flag of the Strategic Rocket Forces Strategic Rocket Forces The Strategic Missile Troops or Strategic Rocket Forces of the Russian Federation or RVSN RF , transliteration: Raketnye voyska strategicheskogo naznacheniya Rossiyskoy Federatsii, literally Missile Troops of Strategic Designation of the Russian Federation) are a military branch of the Russian... . |
Non-Military Security Forces
| Flag | |Use | Border Guard Service of Russia Border Guard Service of Russia The Border Service of Russia , also called the Border Force of Russia is a branch of Federal Security Service of Russia tasked with patrol of the Russian border. In English, the terms "Border Guards" and "Border Troops" are frequently used to designate this service... Ensign |
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Historical Flags
| Flag | |Use | A tricolour of horizontal stripes, black, yellow and white. | |
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| 1858–1917 | Imperial Standard. | Yellow banner with the coat of arms. | |
| 1914–1917 | Russian Empire (unofficial, private use only). | A tricolour of horizontal stripes, white, blue and red, with a yellow canton with the coat of arms. | |
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1918–1937 | Flag of the Russian SFSR (variant). | Red banner with stylized "RSFSR" abbreviation in gold Cyrillic letters in the honour canton. |
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1954–1991 | Flag of the Russian SFSR. | The Flag of the Soviet Union with a blue band at the hoist. |
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1923–1991 | Flag of the Soviet Union Flag of the Soviet Union The flag of the Soviet Union consisted of a plain red flag, with a setting or cross-peen hammer crossed with a sickle and a red star in the upper canton... . |
The Flag of the Soviet Union Flag of the Soviet Union The flag of the Soviet Union consisted of a plain red flag, with a setting or cross-peen hammer crossed with a sickle and a red star in the upper canton... was used in Russia as the state flag throughout the Soviet period until the dissolution of the Soviet Union Dissolution of the Soviet Union The dissolution of the Soviet Union was the disintegration of the federal political structures and central government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , resulting in the independence of all fifteen republics of the Soviet Union between March 11, 1990 and December 25, 1991... . |
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1991 | Flag of the Russian SFSR. | Flag of Russian SFSR from 1 November (de facto from 22 August) 1991 to 25 December 1991. |
| 1991–1993 | Flag of the Russian Federation. | Official Flag of the Russian Federation from 25 December 1991 to 11 December 1993, when it was replaced by the present version. |