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Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia, Northern Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the ...
has used various flags throughout its history.


Flags of the Russian Federation


State flag


Presidential flags


Military flags

Following the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, for a brief time, many Soviet era flags were still in use until new designs replaced them in the early 2000s. The new flags of the Russian Armed Forces are heavily inspired by the regimental banners and flags of the late Imperial Russian Army and Navy.


Flags of service branches


Flags of the Ground Forces

Flags of the arms of the Ground Forces of the Russian Federation


Flags of the Aerospace Forces

The Aerospace Forces are a branch of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, it has three arms, the
Russian Air Force " Air March" , mascot = , anniversaries = 12 August , equipment = , equipment_label = , battles = , decorations = , bat ...
, the Air Defense Forces, and the
Russian Space Forces The Russian Space Forces ( rus, Космические войска России, Kosmicheskie voyska Rossii, KV) are a branch of the Russian Aerospace Forces, that provides aerospace warning, air and space sovereignty, and other related protect ...
. The Air Defense Forces does not have a flag.


Flags of the Rear of the Armed Forces


Military district flags


Banners of the Armed Forces

Each branch of the Armed Forces has a representative banner, one for the
Ground Forces An army (from Old French ''armee'', itself derived from the Latin verb ''armāre'', meaning "to arm", and related to the Latin noun ''arma'', meaning "arms" or "weapons"), ground force or land force is a fighting force that fights primarily on ...
, the Aerospace Forces, the
Navy A navy, naval force, or maritime force is the branch of a nation's armed forces principally designated for naval warfare, naval and amphibious warfare; namely, lake-borne, riverine, littoral zone, littoral, or ocean-borne combat operations and ...
, and one to represent the entire Armed Forces as a whole.


Victory Banner

The
Victory Banner The Soviet Banner of Victory (russian: Знамя Победы, translit=Znamya Pobedy) was the banner raised by the Red Army soldiers on the Reichstag building in Berlin on 1 May 1945, the day after Adolf Hitler committed suicide. It was raise ...
was a historical banner raised atop of the
Reichstag building The Reichstag (, ; officially: – ; en, Parliament) is a historic government building in Berlin which houses the Bundestag, the lower house of Germany's parliament. It was constructed to house the Imperial Diet (german: Reichstag) of the ...
in
Berlin Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constitue ...
, by the
Red Army The Workers' and Peasants' Red Army (Russian: Рабо́че-крестья́нская Кра́сная армия),) often shortened to the Red Army, was the army and air force of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic and, after ...
, on May 1, 1945. It signified the victory over
Nazi Germany Nazi Germany (lit. "National Socialist State"), ' (lit. "Nazi State") for short; also ' (lit. "National Socialist Germany") (officially known as the German Reich from 1933 until 1943, and the Greater German Reich from 1943 to 1945) was ...
, and served as the main symbol of victory of the
Soviet people Soviet people ( rus, сове́тский наро́д, r=sovyétsky naród), or citizens of the USSR ( rus, гра́ждане СССР, grázhdanye SSSR), was an umbrella demonym for the population of the Soviet Union. Nationality policy in t ...
. It was amended in Russian law in 1996, but with a new design to distance the new Russian state from any usage of Communist iconography. In 2007, following pressure from Red Army veterans, the original Victory Banner design replaced the 1996 variant, and has since then served its usage in virtually every single
Victory Day parade ukr, Парад Перемоги be, Парад Перамогі , nickname = Victory Parades , observedby = Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, some former Soviet countries , duration = 1 day , frequency = annual , scheduling = same d ...
held across Russia.


Command Standards


Paramilitary flags

This section covers flags of the various government paramilitary organizations which are not part of the Russian military, but are structured similarly by ranking system, uniforms, and are equipped with both light and heavy arms


Flags of non-military security forces


Flags of special services


Pennants


Historical flags of Russia


Civil ensign and national flag

Prior to the creation of the first official flag of Russia in 1858, several
merchant flag A civil ensign is an ensign (maritime flag) used by civilian vessels to denote their nationality. It can be the same or different from the state ensign and the naval ensign (or war ensign). It is also known as the merchant ensign or merchant flag ...
s were used to represent Russia, the most notable being the White, Blue, and Red tricolour devised by Tsar
Peter the Great Peter I ( – ), most commonly known as Peter the Great,) or Pyotr Alekséyevich ( rus, Пётр Алексе́евич, p=ˈpʲɵtr ɐlʲɪˈksʲejɪvʲɪtɕ, , group=pron was a Russian monarch who ruled the Tsardom of Russia from t ...
. The historical
State Flags In vexillology, a state flag is either the flag of the government of a sovereign state, or the flag of an individual federated state (subnational administrative division). Government flag A state flag is a variant of a national flag (or occa ...
of Russia were signed by decree to officially represent the country as a whole. The Black, Yellow, and White
tricolour A tricolour () or tricolor () is a type of flag or banner design with a triband design which originated in the 16th century as a symbol of republicanism, liberty, or revolution. The flags of France, Italy, Romania, Mexico, and Ireland were ...
became the first official flag of Russia in 1858, with previous flags being
de facto ''De facto'' ( ; , "in fact") describes practices that exist in reality, whether or not they are officially recognized by laws or other formal norms. It is commonly used to refer to what happens in practice, in contrast with ''de jure'' ("by la ...
unofficial flags of Russia.


Flag of the Soviet Union


Personal flags


Monarch's flag


Other Royal flags


Flag of the Supreme Ruler


Presidential Standard


Banners


Historical pennants


Proposed flags


Flags of Russian cities


See also

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Flags of the federal subjects of Russia This gallery of flags of federal subjects of Russia shows the flags of the 89 federal subjects of Russia. Current federal subject flags 24 Republics 9 Krais 48 Oblasts 3 Federal cities 1 Autonomous oblast 4 Autonomous okrugs ...
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List of Sakha flags This is a list of flags used in Sakha. National flag Historical flags Standards Ethnic flags References Citations Bibliography Constitutions * * * * * * Books * * * * See also * Flag of the Sakha Republic * List of Ru ...
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Flags used in Russian controlled areas of Ukraine This is a list article about flags that have been used in areas of Ukraine controlled by Russia or pro-Russian forces during the Russo-Ukrainian War. Donetsk People's Republic The flag of the Donetsk People's Republic is claimed by the separ ...


References


External links

* *Flags of Russia
Флаги России-VEXILLOGRAPHIA
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