Russian Empire (<1917)

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• Russian Republic naval flags (1917.02-10)
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• Russian Navy: historical flags and Russian Empire maritime flag chronology
• Civil flag of 1914-1917
• The black-orange-white flag (1858-1883)
• Russian historical military flags
• Russian merchant flags (<1917)
• Russian-American Company (1799-1861)
• Russian-Finnish Whaling Company (1850ʼies)
• Pugac^ov rebellion flag (1773-1775)

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“National” flags of the Russian Empire

According to Legrasʼ (French Navy Flag Book, ed. 1858) [leg58], there is no “Russian Flag”, but “Imperial Flag”, double head golden eagle carrying St Vladimir red coat of arms, on a yellow rectangular field. The naval ensign and the naval jack are the same as today: ensign blue saltire on white field, jack blue on white saltire on white cross on red field.
Armand du Payrat, 20 Jan 1999

State flag of the Russian Empire (1883-1917)