Tzarʼs personal flags

Last modified: 2005-05-07 by antónio martins
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• Personal Standard of the Tzar
• Emperor Standard ashore (1858-1917)
• Emperor Standard afloat (1858-1917)
• Personal Standard of the Tzar in Moscow
• Personal Standard of the Tzar in Aleksandriâ
• Flags of Ivan IV, “the terrible”

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Personal Standard of the Tzar

This is the personal Standard of the Tzar.
Jaume Ollé, 21 Jul 1998

Golden flag with black coat of arms with 4 scrolls: Vessel standard (1699-1917)
Željko Heimer, 03 Apr 1999, quoting from Flag-znamya korablya, Russian Navy website, consulted 07 Mar 1999

Only one Emperorʼs Standard (yellow with black eagle with maps in his claws) existed in times of Catherine the Great. She used it. Kostroma (city on Volga River) have the arms: «Azure, a ship of Catherine the Great with Emperorʼs Standard on main-mast».
Victor Lomantsov, 02 Jun 2000

Broad Pennant

Broad-pennant of Emperor — swallow-tailed, emperorʼs standard at the hoist, white at the fly.
Victor Lomantsov, 30 May 2000

Emperor Standard ashore (1858-1917)

This is the Russian Emperor Standard. It should had been adopted toward 1858 and this is the version used ashore.
Mario Fabretto, 17 Jul 1998

Emperor Standard afloat (1858-1917)

The tzarʼs standard afloat is the same as ashore but with red background.
Jaume Ollé, 21 Jul 1998

Personal Standard of the Tzar in Moscow (1693-1699)