The national flag is one of the main symbols of the country. He crowns the houses of governments, rises to the heights of sports arenas after the victories of national teams at major world and European championships. The Russian state flag has its own history, and the famous Russian tricolor is defined by deep symbolism.
The flag of the Russian Federation in its present form has been the state symbol of the country since 1991. He replaced the state symbol of the Soviet era (the sickle and hammer were depicted on the USSR flag on a red background).
It is worth saying that the current flag is far from the first three-color symbol in the history of our native country. The same tricolor was a symbol of the Russian Empire in the period from 1895 to 1917. Even earlier, at the beginning of the XVIII century, the three-color canvas was the trade flag of the empire. For the first time, the tricolor became the symbol of the Russian state closer to the middle of 1693, when the flag of Tsar of Moscow was hoisted on the flagship ship Saint Peter.
There are various points of view explaining what exactly the colors on our flag mean. The most popular and modern explanation says that the white bar means eternal peace and undefiled purity, the blue bar means indestructibility and stability, and the red bar means power associated with the enormous energy of the Russian people.
During the reign of Peter I, the values at the flag stripes were slightly different from modern ones. At that time, white color meant free life, blue color was a symbol of the patroness of Russia - the Virgin, and a red bar on the flag indicated the autocracy of the Empire. Also in imperial Russia there was an opinion saying that the color white means nobility, blue means honesty, and red means courage.
Now there is also a comic transcript of the meaning of the colored stripes of the Russian flag, which says that white means harsh winter, blue - Russian vodka, and red - the most beautiful women in the world living in Russia.
