On August 22 at Russia celebrates the Day of the State Flag of the Russian Federation, established on the basis of Presidential Decree of 20 August 1994 “On the Day of Russian State Flag”.
On this day in 1991 the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR It adopted a resolution “On the official recognition and use of the National flag of the RSFSR”, which decided to establish a special law of the new state symbols of the Russian Federation considered the historical Russian flag – cloth with equal horizontal white, azure, scarlet stripes – the official national Russian flag
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The Russian tricolor has more than 300-year history. The national flag appeared in Russia at the turn of XVII-XVIII centuries, in the era of the formation of Russia as a powerful state. For the first time the white-blue-red flag with embroidered on it the double-headed eagle was raised at the first Russian warship “Eagle”, in the reign of Peter I Aleksey Mikhailovich father, but researchers there is no consensus on how these colors are combined.
The law “father” acknowledged Peter tricolor I. In 1705 he issued a decree, according to which “in the trading of any courts” should raise white-blue-red flag, he traced the pattern and determined the order of horizontal stripes.
Born in conjunction with the first Russian warships, the Russian flag to the XIX century remained belonging mainly naval culture. The adoption of the Russian white-blue-red flag on the land due to the geographical discoveries of Russian mariners.
Russian sailors put up on the shore of a memorial cross land attached to the XIX century. But in 1806 a new tradition. Russian expedition explored the coast of South Sakhalin and raised two flags on the beach. St. Andrew’s flag marked merit of the navy, the state of white-blue-red flag -. New ownership Russia
After Peter I in the Russian army began to spread the golden (orange) and black color, which gradually began to acquire the role of state <. / p>
decree of Emperor Alexander II of 23 June (11 June old style) 1858 was introduced black-yellow-white flag as the official (State) flag of the Russian Empire. Black-and-yellow-white flag was used until 1883. May 10 (28 April, Old Style), 1883 Alexander III “the decree on the flags for the decoration of buildings for special occasions” ordered the use of the white-blue-red flag as the national flag of the Russian Empire, instead of the black-yellow-white.
Officially white-blue-red flag was adopted as the national flag of Russia only on the eve of the coronation of Nicholas II in 1896.
The three colors of the flag, which has become a national, received an official interpretation. Red means “great power”, blue – the color of the Virgin Mary, under the cover of which is Russia, white – the color of freedom and independence. These colors are meant as community White, Little and Great Russia.
decided to consider an official in Soviet Russia for more than 70 years, the national flag is a red flag.
An extraordinary session of the Supreme Council of August 22, 1991 a symbol of Russian tricolor. Presidential Decree of 11 December 1993, it was approved the Regulation on the State Flag of the Russian Federation.
December 25, 2000, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a 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 cloth with three equal horizontal stripes: the upper – white, middle – blue and lower – red. . The ratio of the flag’s width to its length – 2: 3
Currently, most (unofficially) uses the following interpretation of the values of Russian flag colors: white means peace, purity, integrity, excellence; Blue – the color of faith and fidelity, constancy; Red symbolizes energy, strength, blood shed for their country.
The State Russian flag is raised constantly on the buildings of the Presidential Administration, Federation Council, State Duma, the RF Government, Constitutional and Supreme Courts, General Prosecutor’s Office, the Investigative Committee Central Bank, the Accounting Chamber, the human Rights Commissioner’s residence in the Russian Federation, the Central election Commission.
The state flag is raised constantly (alone or together with appropriate flags) on the buildings of the federal bodies of executive power in the residences of the plenipotentiary representatives of the President in the federal districts, as well as buildings of state authorities of the RF subjects and local authorities
Over the residence of the Russian President in the capital of Russia -. Moscow city rises duplicate Standarte (flag) the President of the Russian Federation
A ship flying the state or national flag of a foreign country must when navigating in the internal waters of the Russian Federation or during parking at the port of Russia, in addition to his flag raised and to bear in accordance with international maritime customs and the State flag of Russia.
The state flag of daily rises in places of permanent deployment of military units and the individual units of the Armed Forces, other troops and military units.
in all the cases provided for general military regulations of the Armed Forces of Russia for the removal of the fighting flag of the military unit, at the same time taken out attached to a flagpole The national flag of the Russian Federation.
The state flag is posted on local government buildings government, public associations, enterprises, institutions and organizations regardless of ownership, as well as residential buildings on public holidays of the Russian Federation.
in the days of mourning in the top of the flagpole of the national flag of the Russian Federation attached a black ribbon, the length of which is the length of the flag. The national flag raised on the mast (flagpole), lower a little half mast height (flagpole).
Russian Federation State flag is raised (set) during official ceremonies and other events.
November 8, 2008, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev signed the Federal Law “on Amendments to the Federal Constitutional Law” on the State flag of the Russian Federation. “The Law was supplemented with Article 9-1, aimed at the delineation of the formal and informal use of the Russian flag and its image. Set, that the official use of the flag in a manner and in cases provided by law. it is also possible to use the state of the Russian Federation flag, including his picture, citizens, public associations, enterprises, institutions and organizations in other cases, if such use is not abuse of state Russian flag.
The use of state flag of the Russian Federation in violation of the Federal constitutional law, as well as the abuse of the state flag of the Russian Federation shall entail liability in accordance with Russian law. In accordance with the Criminal Code, abuse of the state of the Russian Federation flag shall be punished by restriction of freedom for up to one year, or community service for the same term, or imprisonment for a term of three to six months, or imprisonment for up to one year.
According to the opinion poll conducted in 2015 on the eve of Russian state flag Day, the majority of Russians (67%), overflowing pride and admiration at the sight of the state flag of the Russian Federation, and at 16% it is sympathetic. The majority of respondents (64%) correctly identify the color of the state flag of Russia and their location.
The material is based on open sources of information
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