Flag of Russia
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flag-of-russia-206-15933049
title:
Flag of Russia
text:
The national flag of the Russian Federation is a tricolour of three equal horizontal bands: white on the top, blue in the middle, and red on the bottom. The design was first introduced by Tsar Peter the Great in 1693, and in 1705 it was adopted as the civil ensign of the Tsardom of Russia; the flag continued to be used as a civil ensign under the Russian Empire. In 1858, Emperor Alexander II declared the black-yellow-white tricolour as the national flag, and in 1896 it was replaced by the white-
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
National flag
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Russia
date created:
2003-09-24T05:07:54Z
date modified:
2024-09-10T22:00:51Z
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13
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