in Russia on Friday, August 22, the State Flag Day is celebrated.
August 22, 1991, the RSFSR Supreme Council decided to consider the official national flag of the Russian Federation “The Historical Flag of Russia – a Perman of Right Horizontal White, Passionate and Scarlets”, and by Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of December 11, 1993, the Regulation on the state flag of the Russian Russian Federation.
December 25, 2000, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed the Federal Constitutional Law “On the State Flag of the Russian Federation”. In accordance with the law, the state flag of the Russian Federation is a rectangular panel of three equal horizontal stripes: the upper – white, medium – blue and lower – red. The ratio of the flag width to its length is 2: 3.
The first mention of the white-blue-red flag dates back to 1668, when it was raised on the first Russian ship “Eagle” during the reign of Alexei Mikhailovich, and in 1693 he became the personal standard of Tsar Peter I. The flag became the state symbol. On January 20, 1705, he issued a decree, according Which “on all sorts of ships” should raise the white-blue-red flag, he himself drew a sample and determined the order of horizontal stripes.
, in the reign of Alexander II in 1858, a new imperial state flag was approved. It had other colors: black, yellow and white.
January 1, 1865, a nominal decree of Alexander II came out, in which the colors are black, orange (gold) and white were already officially called the state flowers of Russia.
So there were two flags in Russia at once. The black and yellow-white was hung out on state-owned buildings, and the white-blue-red-on private, was hung on holidays.
on April 28, 1883, Alexander III was announced, which stated that the state flag would become exclusively a white-blue flag. In 1917, the Provisional Government retained this flag.
In April 1918, the flag was replaced by a red panel. It was the red flag that was the state flag of the RSFSR, and then the USSR.
there is no official interpretation of the flowers of the flag, however, the following symbolic description is the most common: white color symbolizes purity, independence and peace; blue – the color of faith, devotion and justice; Red color symbolizes energy, strength, blood spilled for the homeland.