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The right official ratio is 2:3. It was been changed
by Presidential decree No 2126 (11 december 1993). In
1991 when Russian tricolor was officially adopted one had
1:2 ratio.
Michael Simakov, 25 Jan 1999, and
Victor Lomantsov, 10 Nov 1999
The flag of the Russian Federation was
changed from 1:2 to 2:3 in late 1993. But
that raises another question, namely: Why
were the proportions of the Russian flag
changed?
Mark Sensen, 18 Jan 2000
Perhaps to return to the pre-soviet ratio and/or negate
the 1:2 ratio, typical of soviet flags... And why wasnʼt it
made 2:3 right in 1991? Because the soviet heritage was either
consciously conserved (as in "new russia = soviet ratio +
tzarist colors"...), or nobody noticed/care about it then...
António Martins, 20 Jan 2000
Ratio was changed in 1993 from 1:2 to 2:3 because russian flag
before 1917 always was 2:3. It is a “historical” ratio. Only
soviet flags had ratio 1:2.
Victor Lomantsov, 07 May 2000
In official text (1991-1993): white-azure-scarlet really the flag was,
is and shall be white-blue-red. Authors of flag-decision of 1991 were not
vexillologists. They didnʼt knew vexillological terminology. They
considered that "white", "blue" and "red" are very “ordinary” words and
they decided to use more “refined” words: "azure" and "scarlet". (For
example, in heraldry, “ordinary” words are not used. Instead heraldists
say "gules", "azure", "vert" etc instead of "red", "blue" and "green"...)
In 1993 this terminological vagueness was corrected.
Victor Lomantsov, 02 May 2000
This means that real flags had no difference in color shade, only the
words used on the law were different. The 1991-1993 shade of blue
was neither darker nor lighter.
António Martins, 06 May 2000