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The nation of Russia has designed and used various flags throughout history. Listed in this article are flags — federal, administrative, military, etc. — used between the time of the Tsardom of Russia (1547–1721), Russian Empire (1721–1917) and today's Russian Federation (1991–present day).
Flag of the Luhansk People's Republic (nearly identical design, turquoise stripe instead of white) Flag of Serbia (developed from the Russian flag since 1835, but the white and red colours are inverted upside down) Flag of Slovakia (nearly identical design, defaced with the coat of arms at the hoist side)
Map of the federal subjects of Russia with their flags. This gallery of flags of federal subjects of Russia shows the flags of the 89 federal subjects of Russia including two regions that, while being de facto under complete Russian control, are not internationally recognized as part of Russia (Republic of Crimea [1] and the city of Sevastopol), [1] and four regions that, while not being fully ...
The Donetsk People's Republic (DPR; Russian: Донецкая Народная Республика (ДНР), romanized: Donetskaya Narodnaya Respublika (DNR), IPA: [dɐˈnʲetskəjə nɐˈrodnəjə rʲɪˈspublʲɪkə]) is a republic of Russia, comprising the occupied parts of eastern Ukraine's Donetsk Oblast, [7] [8] with its capital in Donetsk.
The Russian Republic, [f] referred to as the Russian Democratic Federative Republic [g] in the 1918 Constitution, was a short-lived state which controlled, de jure, the territory of the former Russian Empire after its proclamation by the Russian Provisional Government on 1 September (14 September, N.S. Tooltip New Style) 1917 in a decree signed by Alexander Kerensky as Minister-Chairman and ...
Ukraine was briefly declared a people's republic in 1917. [15] The Khanate of Khiva [16] and the Emirate of Bukhara, [17] both territories of the former Russian Empire, were transformed into people's republics in 1920. In 1921, the Russian protectorate of Tuva became a people's republic, [18] followed in 1924 by neighbouring Mongolia. [19]
Several flags were proposed in 1949 for the People's Republic of China, most of which contain red and yellow colors as well as stars due to communist symbolism. Mao Zedong 's proposal containing a yellow star and a yellow stripe on a white background was initially favored, but there was criticism of it being interpreted as "the fruits of the ...
On 24 February 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine and conquered large swaths of southern and eastern Ukraine. As early as March leaders in both the Luhansk People's Republic [100] and Donetsk People's Republic [101] expressed their wish to join Russia, originally