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Flag of the Russian Federation in modern formis the national symbol of the country since 1991. He replaced the state symbol of the Soviet era (on the flag of the USSR, a sickle and a hammer were depicted on a red background).

It is worth saying that the current flag is not the firsttricolor symbol in the history of our native country. The same tricolor was a symbol of the Russian Empire in the period between 1895 and 1917. Even earlier, at the beginning of the 18th century, the tricolor cloth was the commercial flag of the empire. For the first time, tricolor became a symbol of the Russian state closer to the middle of 1693, when the flagship "Saint Peter" raised the "flag of the Tsar of Moscow".

There are different points of view,what exactly are the colors on our flag. The most popular and modern explanation says that the white band means eternal peace and undefiled purity, the blue band is inviolability and stability, and the red band means the force associated with the immense energy of the Russian people.

During the reign of Peter the Great, the values ​​of the flag bandsdiffered slightly from modern ones. At that time white color meant a free life, blue color was a symbol of the patroness of Russia - the Virgin, and the red strip on the flag indicated the autocracy of the Empire. Also in imperial Russia there was an opinion saying that white color means nobility, blue - honesty, and red - courage.

Now there is also a joke interpretation of the meaningcolored stripes of the Russian flag, in which it is told that white color means severe winter, blue - Russian vodka, and red - the most beautiful women in the world, living in Russia.