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flag of Russia

national flag of the Russian Federation
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flag of Russia
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Summary

flag of Russia is a national flag[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of national flag entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (21,477 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Creator: Peter the Great[3]
  • Main regulatory text: Q19164841[4]
  • Genre: horizontal triband[5], Pan-Slavic colors flag[6]
  • Based on: flag of the Netherlands[7]
  • Depicts: field[8]
  • Commons category: National flag of Russia[9]
  • Foundational text: Q130759117[10]
  • Opposite of: flag of Republika Srpska[11]
  • Color: white[12], blue[13], red[14]
  • Unicode character: 🇷🇺[15]
  • Inception: May 11, 1696[16]
  • Applies to jurisdiction: Russia[17]
  • Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[18]
  • Replaces: flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic[19]
  • Official name: Флаг России[20]
  • Different from: flag of Azania[21], Black-yellow-white flag of the Russian Empire[22]
  • Aspect ratio (W:H): 3:2[23]

Why It Matters

flag of Russia has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] It is known by 39 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

Related Entities

flag of the Netherlands national flag Peter the Great Russia Russian Empire Russian Republic Tsardom of Russia

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . mann-ivanov-ferber.ru. mann-ivanov-ferber.ru. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 13w ago · VileGecko · 2026-07-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Genre → horizontal triband, Pan-Slavic colors flag
    Applies to jurisdiction → Russia
    Instance of → national flag
    Different from → flag of Azania, Black-yellow-white flag of the Russian Empire
    + 19 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Nickname: Аквафреш"
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