Flag introduction
Russian flag is rectangular, the flag is connected by three parallel and equal horizontal long squares, from top to bottom, white, Blue, red three colors. Russian is vast, the country has three climate bands across the cold belt, the subchronous belt and temperate zone, which is connected in parallel with a three-color horizontal length, indicating this feature of Russian geographic location. White represents the cold-striped four seasons of snow-capped natural landscape; blue is representing the Yayanqi climate zone, and symbolizes natural resources such as Russia's rich underground mines and forests, hydraulic power; red is a temperate sign, which also symbolizes the long and pair of Russian history. The contribution of human civilization. Another saying is that the white represents freedom, blue represents the faith of the Russian, red represents power and strength.
On May 7, 1883, this banner officially became a Russian flag, and the three-color flag was canceled after the revolution in the October 1917. On August 21, 1991, this banner was once again used, and became the national flag of the independent Russian Federation. However, the proportion of the flag used in the time was still 1: 2 of the Soviet period, and the proportion of the Russian flag was modified to 2: 3 after 1993.
April 21, 1991, the scale of 2: 1 is officially enabled, and the proportion of the current flag (3: 2) was revised in 1993 (3: 2).
Historical Level
Russian Empire period
white, blue, red Sany-color flag from 1697 Peter Emperor's red, white, blue three Color flag, red, white, blue three colors called Pan Slavic colors. In 1699 Peter's Emperor to the Dutch, he realized that he realized that the need for Russia's naval design. He is therefore assessed in the Dutch flag design, but the color is alternative (at the time of the Netherlands flag of orange - white - blue). The color selected by Peter's Day is red, white, blue, and blue, that is, the colors of the later Panslaf. In 1858, the Russian Empire has changed the flag to black yellow and white three-color flag, but it returned to the original blue red white three-color flag in 1883.
Russian Empire flag
in the original three The color flag added to the left of the yellow-backed white eagle enabled in 1914, but only for the Imperial Royal Division, is not the official flag.
Soviet period
After the revolution in October 1917, he established Su Russia after the victory of the revolution, and canceled the three-color flag in the past year, and then changed several flags (right album). In 1954, the Soviet government used the flag, made of red, blue two colors, and the left side is a vertical blue strip, and there is a five-pin star and a crossed hammer and sickle on the red flag on the right side. This flag has been using the national flag of the Russian Soviet Federation of Socialist Republic to the Soviet Union.
Russian Soviet Federation After the Flag of the Socialist Republic of Socialist Republic, after the founding of the Soviet Socialist Republic, the national flag pattern is set to a red flag, the upper left corner has gold pentagrans, sickles and hammer patterns. The national flag of Suoxu is also used at the same time, used for the national flag of the Russian Soviet Federal Socialist Republic. See the "Soviet Flag" entry in detail.
Soviet Socialist Republic Alliance Flag
Today
1991 Soviet Union, the Russian Soviet Federation of Socialist Republic is resected as the Russian Federation, followed by white, blue and red three-color flags. The scale proportions used in the time were still 1: 2 of the Soviet period, and the proportion of the Russian flag was revised to the international standard ratio 2: 3 after 1993. However, in the current old proportion of Russian flags, the Russian flag of the new proportion is still mixed.
Russian Federation Flag