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Flag Russia, in 34 editions.
The entry for Russia published Flag in 34 editions of 34, from 1992 to 2025. The text changed in 8 editions. Each is shown as published. Flag in every entry.
- editions changed the text
- 8
- the first edition with it
- 1992
- the latest edition with it
- 2025
Published as “Flag” (1992 to 2025) and “Flag description” (1997 to 2024).
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2025 edition
Changed since 2024- tricolor;
- three equal bands of white (top),
- blue,
- red (bottom)
tricolor; three equal bands of white (top), blue, red (bottom)
The same text in 4 editions, 1993 to 1996.
three equal horizontal bands of white (top), blue, and red
tricolor; three equal horizontal bands of white (top), blue, and red (bottom)
The same text in 1997 and 1998.
Published as “Flag description”
three equal horizontal bands of white (top), blue, and red
three equal horizontal bands of white (top), blue,
and red
Published as “Flag description”
three equal horizontal bands of white (top), blue, and red
three equal horizontal bands of white (top), blue,
blue, and red
The same text in 10 editions, 2000 to 2009.
Published as “Flag description”
three equal horizontal bands of white (top), blue, and red
three equal horizontal bands of white (top),
The same text in 5 editions, 2010 to 2014.
Published as “Flag description”
three equal horizontal bands of white (top), blue, and red
note: the colors may have been based on those of the Dutch flag; despite many popular interpretations, there is no official meaning assigned to the colors of the Russian flag; this flag inspired other Slav countries to adopt horizontal tricolors of the same colors but in different arrangements, and so red, blue, and white became the Pan-Slav colors
Rewritten: too little of the 2009 text remains to mark the changes.
three equal horizontal bands of white (top), blue, and red
note:
the colors may have been based on those of the Dutch flag; despite many popular interpretations, there is no official meaning assigned to the colors of the Russian flag; this flag inspired other Slav countries to adopt horizontal tricolors of the same colors but in different arrangements, and so red, blue, and white became the Pan-Slav colors
The same text in 7 editions, 2015 to 2021.
Published as “Flag description”
three equal horizontal bands of white (top), blue, and red
note: the colors may have been based on those of the Dutch flag; despite many popular interpretations, there is no official meaning assigned to the colors of the Russian flag; this flag inspired several other Slav countries to adopt horizontal tricolors of the same colors but in different arrangements, and so red, blue, and white became the Pan-Slav colors
three equal horizontal bands of white (top), blue, and red
note:
The same text in 3 editions, 2022 to 2024.
Published as “Flag description”
three equal horizontal bands of white (top), blue, and red
note: the Russian flag was created when Russia built its first naval vessels, and was used mostly as a naval ensign until the nineteenth century; the colors may have been based on those of the Dutch flag; despite many popular interpretations, there is no official meaning assigned to the colors of the Russian flag; the flag inspired several other Slavic countries to adopt horizontal tricolors of the same colors but in different arrangements, and so red, blue, and white became the Pan-Slav colors
three equal horizontal bands of white (top), blue, and red
note: the Russian flag was created when Russia built its first naval vessels, and was used mostly as a naval ensign until the nineteenth century; the colors may have been based on those of the Dutch flag; despite many popular interpretations, there is no official meaning assigned to the colors of the Russian flag; this the flag inspired several other Slav Slavic countries to adopt horizontal tricolors of the same colors but in different arrangements, and so red, blue, and white became the Pan-Slav colors
- description:
- three equal horizontal bands of white (top), blue, and red
- meaning:
- colors may have been based on the Dutch flag, but no official meaning is assigned
- history:
- created when Russia built its first naval vessels, and was used mostly as a naval flag until the 19th century
note: inspired several other Slavic countries to adopt horizontal tricolors of the same colors in different arrangements
description: three equal horizontal bands of white (top), blue, and rednote: meaning: colors may have been based on the Russian flag was Dutch flag, but no official meaning is assigned
history: created when Russia built its first naval vessels, and was used mostly as a naval ensign flag until the nineteenth century; the colors may have been based on those of the Dutch flag; despite many popular interpretations, there is no official meaning assigned to the colors of the Russian flag; the flag 19th century
note: inspired several other Slavic countries to adopt horizontal tricolors of the same colors but in different arrangements, and so red, blue, and white became the Pan-Slav colors arrangements
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Central Intelligence Agency. “Russia: Flag.” The World Factbook, 1992–2025 editions. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/russia/flag.