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![[Russian flag]](../images/r/ru.gif)
Full name: Russian Federation
Location: Eurasia
Status: Independent state since 26 December 1991. Member of the
United Nations (Permanent Security Council member)
Notes: The world’s largest state, Russia was the dominant member of the
USSR, which many people saw as the modern inheritor of the expansionist
policies of the Tsars. With the collapse of the USSR, Russia inherited
the Soviet Union’s permanent seat on the UN Security Council, but also
much of the debt of the former USSR.
Russia is a federated state with, in theory, widespread devolution to
its regions. Unresolved tensions exist between the central government
and many of these regions.
Stuart Notholt, 13 Nov 1995
On the 25th of December 2000 the Federal Law On National Flag of
Russia was adopted. This document governs that «National Flag is a
rectangular banner, which consists of three equal horizontal stripes:
the top one is white, the middle one is blue, the bottom one is red.
The width of the flag is related to length as 2 to 3.»
Zachary Harden, 05 Mar 2001, quoting the
Russian Consulant in San Francisco, CA, USA
Russian national flags normally used in Russia range
from the lightest to the darkest shade (like from
argentine blue to
british blue), even if in russian
light blue is considered a separate color. There are for
sure official regulations about the precise shade to be
used in national flags used by the government, presidency,
armed forces, etc. — but until now I could not find them.
All laws state simply "blue" ("sinii~").
António Martins, 16 Jun 2000
20th of January 1705 Peter I adopted merchant flag. But this flag was naval ensign since 1693 (without official adoption). Victor Lomantsov, 06 Mar 2001
Although it is mentioned in a lot of (flag)books, it is probably just a myth that the Russian tricolour is derived from the Dutch one during Tsar Peter’s (incognito) visit to the Netherlands in 1697. One of the worlds first flagbooks, compiled by Carel Allard (from Amsterdam) in 1695 [ala95], shows three Russian flags: