List of Russian flags
National flag
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 1993–present | 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 the 1690s (allegedly from 1668) on. Since 1700, tricolor has been used as the flag of the Tsar of Moscow by Peter the Great. Also this flag was a national trade and it was raised on Russian merchant ships.[1] It existed before the introduction in 1858 of a black-yellow-white tricolor. Since 1896, it again became the national flag of the Russian Empire.[2][3] It was also used by the Russian state during the Civil War in Russia. |
Military flags
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Flag of the Ministry of Defence | ||
.svg.png) | Armed forces | ||
 | Banner of Victory (historical battle flag) | The Banner of Victory raised on the Reichstag in 1945. Replicas of the Victory Banner can be used alongside the national flag on Victory Day. | |
 | 1996–2007 | Commemorative flag | The Victory Banner. It had a status similar to that of the national flag, and could be used alongside the national flag on national holidays. |
 | Flag of the Russian Ground Forces | ||
 | Flag of the Russian Air Force | ||
 | 1712–1917 1991–present | Ensign of the Russian Navy, the so-called Andreevskiy (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 Airborne Troops | A bicolour of horizontal stripes, blue and green defaced with the Russian Airborne Troops emblem | |
 | Flag of the Strategic Rocket Forces |
Non-military security forces
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 1992–present | Flag of Ministry of Emergency Situations | |
.svg.png) | 1992–present | Departmental Flag of Ministry of Emergency Situations | |
 | Flag of Border Service of the Federal Security Service | ||
 | Ensign of Russian Coast Guard |
Flags of republics within Russia
Flags of Russian oblasts
Flags of Russian cities
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Flag of Astrakhan | ||
 | Flag of Barnaul | ||
 | Flag of Chelyabinsk | ||
.svg.png) | Flag of Cherepovets | A blue pall on a golden background. | |
.svg.png) | Flag of Irkutsk | ||
.png) | Flag of Ivanovo | ||
.svg.png) | Flag of Izhevsk | ||
 | Flag of Kaliningrad | ||
 | Flag of Kaluga | ||
.png) | Flag of Kazan | ||
.png) | Flag of Kirov | ||
_(2006).png) | Flag of Krasnodar | ||
.png) | Flag of Krasnoyarsk | ||
 | Flag of Kursk | ||
 | Flag of Lipetsk | ||
.svg.png) | Flag of Magnitogorsk | ||
 | 1995–present | Flag of Moscow | |
 | Flag of Murmansk | ||
 | Flag of Nizhny Novgorod | ||
.png) | Flag of Nizhny Tagil | ||
.png) | Flag of Norilsk | ||
_(celebratory).png) | Flag of Novokuznetsk | ||
 | Flag of Novosibirsk | ||
 | Flag of Omsk | ||
 | Flag of Orenburg | ||
.svg.png) | Flag of Oryol | ||
 | Flag of Perm | ||
.png) | Flag of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky | ||
.png) | Flag of Petrozavodsk | ||
.png) | Flag of Pskov | ||
 | Flag of Rostov-on-Don | ||
.png) | Flag of Ryazan | ||
 | 1992–present | Flag of St Petersburg | |
 | Flag of Samara | ||
 | Flag of Saratov | ||
.png) | Flag of Sergiyev Posad | ||
 | Flag of Stavropol | ||
.png) | Flag of Sochi | ||
.png) | Flag of Suzdal | ||
.png) | Flag of Tolyatti | ||
 | Flag of Tomsk | ||
 | Flag of Tula | ||
 | Flag of Tver | ||
 | Flag of Ufa | ||
 | Flag of Ulyanovsk | A vertical triband flag of blue, white, and blue, with a golden crown in the middle of the white stripe. | |
 | Flag of Veliky Novgorod | ||
 | Flag of Vladimir | ||
.png) | Flag of Vladivostok | ||
 | 1999–present | Flag of Volgograd | The arms of the city of Volgograd on a red background. |
 | Flag of Vologda | ||
 | Flag of Voronezh | ||
 | Flag of Yakutsk | ||
 | 1996–present | Flag of Yaroslavl | The arms of the city of Yaroslavl on a blue background. |
.svg.png) | Flag of Yekaterinburg |
Historical flags
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
.svg.png) | 1668–1693 | Flag of the ship Oryol | First navy flag of the Tsardom of Russia |
.svg.png) | 1693–1700 | Flag of the Tsar of Moscow | |
| 1705[4]–1918 | Unofficial civil flag of Russia | Peter the Great's tricolour was the merchant flag (civil ensign) of Russia. As the oldest civil flag to represent Russia, it was later adopted as the national flag representing the country rather than the Tsar. However, the flags used by the Russian Army were regimental flags with the Double-Headed Eagle, the official Imperial symbol, in the centre. The Imperial Standard was the black Double-Headed Eagle displayed on a golden banner, represented the Tsar, the absolute ruler of the Russian Empire. |
.svg.png) | 1703-1917 | Naval Imperial Standard | Yellow banner with Tsar's emblem |
 | 1721–1730 | Imperial Standard | The first main banner of the Russian Empire. The flag was approved by the Emperor Peter_I. |
 | 1730–1799 | Imperial Standard | New standard of the Russian Monarchs and the main banner of the Russian Empire. The flag was approved by the Empress Anna. |
 | 1799–1801 | Imperial Standard | New Imperial Standart with coat of arms of Paul I. On the chest of the eagle is the Maltese cross, because the Russian Emperor Paul I was the head of the Maltese Order. |
| 1801-1830 | Imperial Standard |
The Emperor Alexander refused the title of the head of the Order of Malta and the cross was removed from the chest of the eagle. |
 | 1830–1857 | Imperial Standard | New Imperial Standart with new eagle which has coats of arms of main parts of the Empire. The flag was approved by the Emperor Nicolay I. |
 | 1857–1883 | Imperial Standard | Imperial Standart of Alexander II. A year later was created first Russian state Flag and since then the standard with the eagle has ceased to be the main banner of the country. |
 | 1883-1917 | Imperial Standard | Final version of the Imperial Standart by Alexander III. In the years 1896-1917 this standard was the main banner of the Russian Empire, the flag was depicted on all posters and postcards of Entente during WWI and earlier. |
.svg.png) | 1858–1917 | First official State Flag of the Russian Empire and Flag for "Celebrations"[5][6][7][8][9] | The flag was introduced in 1858; however, it was not as popular as the white-blue-red civil ensign, which was adopted in 1883 for land use. In the 20th century there was a widespread myth (based on incorrect statements by the leading Soviet historian K. Ivanov) that Russia had changed her official flag in 1858. This flag represented not only Russia but the entire area of the Empire (including Northern Kaukasus, Central Asia, etc.), while the white-blue-red stood for Russia only. This is similar to the Union Jack which represents the United Kingdom, while Scotland, England, and Wales also have flags of their own. Since the 1990s this flag has been used by monarchists and some extreme right political groups. |
.svg.png) | 1914–1917 | Russian Empire (unofficial) | A tricolour of horizontal stripes, white, blue and red, with a yellow canton with the coat of arms. |
.svg.png) | 1918–1937 | Flag of the Russian SFSR | Red banner with stylized "RSFSR" abbreviation in gold Cyrillic letters in the golden bordered honour canton |
.svg.png) | 1937–1954 | Flag of the Russian SFSR | Red banner with stylized "RSFSR" abbreviation in gold Cyrillic letters in the honour canton |
 | 1954–1991 | Flag of the Russian SFSR | The flag of the Soviet Union with a blue band at the hoist |
.svg.png) | 1922–1923 | First Flag of the Soviet Union | The first flag of the Soviet Union |
.svg.png) | 1923–1924 | Second Flag of the Soviet Union | The second flag of the Soviet Union with the golden bordered canton |
.svg.png) | 1924–1936 | Third Flag of the Soviet Union | The third flag of the Soviet Union was used in Russia as the state flag throughout the Soviet period until the dissolution of the Soviet Union. |
.svg.png) | 1936–1955 | Fourth Flag of the Soviet Union | The fourth flag of the Soviet Union with the different hammer and sickle |
.svg.png) | 1955–1980 | Fifth flag of the Soviet Union | The fifth flag of the Soviet Union changed the hammer and sickle's shape and made it smaller. |
 | 1980–1991 | Sixth and final flag of the Soviet Union | The sixth flag of the Soviet Union had lighter colors. |
.svg.png) | 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 | |
| 1993–present | Current national flag | Current flag of the Russian Federation. Has a darker tint to the blue than the previous flag. |
Chinese Eastern Railway flags
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
.svg.png) | 1897–1915 | Railway flag | First railway flag of the Chinese Eastern Railway |
.svg.png) | 1915–1925 | Railway flag | Second railway flag of the Chinese Eastern Railway |
.svg.png) | 1925–1932 | Railway flag | Third railway flag of the Chinese Eastern Railway |
.svg.png) | 1932–1935 | Railway flag | Fourth railway flag of the Chinese Eastern Railway |
See also
References
- ↑ Цвета Русского Государственного национального флага (in Russian).
- ↑ "Высочайшее повеление о признании во всех случаях бело-сине-красного флага национальным — Викитека". ru.wikisource.org (in Russian). Retrieved 2018-05-11.
- ↑ Свод морских постановлений. Книга десятая. Морской устав. Издание 1901 года. С.-Петербург: Типография Морского Министерства в Главном Адмиралтействе. 1902. pp. 340.
- ↑ History of the 705Russian flag Archived 2010-01-31 at the Wayback Machine. (in Russian)
- ↑ Bonnell, Victoria E. Russia at the barricades: eyewitness accounts of the August 1991 coup. M.E. Sharpe, 1994, p92
- ↑ Condee, Nancy. Soviet hieroglyphics: visual culture in late twentieth-century Russia. Indiana University Press, 1995, p49
- ↑ Saunders, Nicholas J. Matters of conflict: material culture, memory and the First World War. Routledge, 2004, p129
- ↑ National Museum of Science and Technology (Canada). Material history review. Canada Science and Technology Museum, 2000, p46
- ↑ CRWflags.com
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