Ensign of the Russian Navy
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Proportion | 2:3 |
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Adopted | 1712[a] – 1918 1918–1920 (White Navy) 1992–present |
The Russian Navy ensign, also known as St. Andrew's flag (
The flag has a white background with two blue diagonal bands, forming a saltire, called St. Andrew's Cross. The ratio of the flag's width to its length is 1 / 1.5, the width of the blue band is 1 / 10 the length of the flag.
The
History
In 1698
In 1699 on the draft of the tsar's instruction to
In 1700 the flags of admiral (white), vice admiral (blue) and counter admiral (red) were introduced; in the canton (the shaft's upper corner) placed the image of St. Andrew's flag on a three-striped background.
Officially, the right of Russian warships to fly St. Andrew's flag was announced after the occupation of Kotlin Island in 1703. Since then, the flag with St. Andrew's cross has been used as a symbol of Russia's access to the four seas — the White, Baltic, Azov and Caspian.
In 1705 a drawing of a three-striped St. Andrew's flag was placed in a book by Carolus Allard [nl], published in Holland.
Since 1709 St. Andrew's cross on a white field was placed in the cantons of naval flags.
In 1712, the final version of the ensign for the fleet's main forces (the middle part of the squadron) and ships in solo voyage — St. Andrew's flag of white colour with a blue (cyan) cross reaching to the cloth's corners was adopted.
From 1692 to 1712 Peter I personally drew eight proposed flags that have consistently been taken into the Navy. Description of the flag's final version by Peter I:
The flag is white, across it there is St Andrew's blue cross, with which he baptized Russia. |
Original Text (Orthography and font (ru) are also original):
Флагъ бѣлый, поперекъ этого имѣется синій Андреевскій крестъ, коимъ Россію окрестилъ онъ. |
Modern Russian:
Флаг белый, поперек этого имеется синий Андреевский крест, коим Россию окрестил он. |
Blue and red flags with St. Andrew's flag in the cantons were abolished in 1732–43, 1764–97 (finally abolished in 1865).
In 1819 St. George's ensign was established as a reward flag — St. Andrew's flag with the image of St. George placed on a red shield in the centre. It was awarded to the line ship Azov (1827) and the brig Mercurii (1829).
In 1837
After the Russian Revolution, the Russian Navy Ensign was changed, but it was used by the White Army up to 1924. The flag of St Andrew was reintroduced in the Russian Navy in 1992 by the decree of Vladimir Putin from 21 July, and is still used today.
Notes
References
- ^ GRE
- ^ "Федеральный закон от 29 декабря 2000 г. N 162-ФЗ " О знамени Вооруженных Сил Российской Федерации, знамени Военно-Морского флота, знаменах иных видов Вооруженных Сил Российской Федерации и знаменах других войск"". Archived from the original on 2020-08-17. Retrieved 2021-03-10.
General
- "АНДРЕЕВСКИЙ ФЛАГ • Great Russian Encyclopedia – Electronic version". old.bigenc.ru. 2016. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
See also
- Alexander Gordon (general)
- Patrick Gordon
- Thomas Gordon (Royal Scots Navy officer)
- Flag of Scotland, similar but white on blue
- List of Russian navy flags
- List of Soviet navy flags
- Marsaxlokk, fishing village on Malta with a similar flag