List of Russian flags

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This is a list of flags used in Russia.

Contents 1 National Flag 2 Presidential Flag 3 Military Flags 4 Historical Flags 5 See also

[edit] National Flag

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1896 - 1917 1991 -	State Flag of Russia	A tricolour 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 1693 on

[edit] Presidential Flag

Flag	Date	Use	Description
		Flag of the President of Russia	Square version of the Flag of Russia, defaced with the Coat of Arms, with a gold fringe

[edit] Military Flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
		Commemorative flag	The Victory Flag
		Historical battle flag	The Victory Banner raised on the Reichstag in 1945
		Flag of the Russian Ground Forces
	1712 - 1917 1991 -	Ensign of the Russian Navy, the so-called андреевский (St. Andrew's) flag	A blue saltire on a white field
		Jack of the Russian Navy	The Ensign of the Russian Navy superimposed on a white cross on a red field.
		Flag of the Russian Air Force
		Flag of the VDV (Airborne Troops)	A bicolour of horizontal stripes, blue and green defaced with the VDV emblem.
		Flag of the Strategic Rocket Forces

[edit] Historical Flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1668	First Russian flag
	1858 - 1883	First official State Flag of the Russian Empire, officialised by Alexander II	A tricolour of horizontal stripes, black, yellow and white
	1858 - 1917	Flag of Russian Emperor	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
	1954 - 1991	Flag of Russian SFSR	The Flag of the Soviet Union with a blue band at the hoist
	1920 - 1937	Flag of Russian SFSR (variant)	Red banner with stylicised "RSFSR" abbreviation in gold Cyrillic letters in the honour canton

[edit] See also

• Flags of Federal subjects of Russia

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