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Stern flag [i.e. ensign] (1697-1700). From 1700 till
1845 used on cargo vessels of the fleet and was called
"proviant flag", from 1705-1917 this
flag was used by merchant vessels. In
1883 it became the state flag
of Russia.
Zeljko Heimer, 03 Apr 1999, quoting from
Flag-znamya korablya,
Russian Navy website, consulted 07 Mar 1999
Identical to the current national flag
António Martins, 23 Oct 1999
Flag of proposed design, occasionally used (1698-1700)
Zeljko Heimer, 03 Apr 1999, quoting from
Flag-znamya korablya,
Russian Navy website, consulted 07 Mar 1999
Flag of proposed design, occasionally used (1698-1700)
Zeljko Heimer, 03 Apr 1999, quoting from
Flag-znamya korablya,
Russian Navy website, consulted 07 Mar 1999
Flag of proposed design, occasionally used (1698-1700)
Zeljko Heimer, 03 Apr 1999, quoting from
Flag-znamya korablya,
Russian Navy website, consulted 07 Mar 1999
Flag of proposed design, occasionally used (1698-1700)
Zeljko Heimer, 03 Apr 1999, quoting from
Flag-znamya korablya,
Russian Navy website, consulted 07 Mar 1999
This flag was personally designed by Peter the Great
and a sketch of it is still conserved in the Kercenskij
Museum. The design of the blue S. Andrew cross remained,
from 1712, only on the white field of the
naval ensign,
while flags of this model were given in 1699 to the Czar
ambassadors in Ukraina and Costantinopole, but
disappeared very soon.
Mario Fabretto, 27 Nov 1998
In one of the worlds first flagbooks, compiled by Carel Allard (from Amsterdam) in 1695 [ala95], shows three Russian flags:
The plain white-blue-red
horizontal tricolor was adopted as the Russian civil
ensign in 1799. In 1858, a black
- golden yellow - white horizontal tricolor was
adopted as the civil flag but it got highly unpopular
and so in 1883, the civil ensign was adopted as an
alternate civil flag.
Tom Gregg, 09 Jan 1997
This is misprint. Correct date is 1699.
Alexei Arkhipov, 21 Mar 1999
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