Excerpts from a RIA Novosti online conference...
signed by Lenin in 1917 and 1918 bear the stamp of the two-headed eagle from the state seal. The white, blue and red tricolor was established during the reign of Czar Alexei Mikhailovich, father of Peter the Great, in the 17th century. The Orel (which means "eagle"), Russia's first military vessel, flew that flag. It never occurred to anyone to invent another name for this country. It retains the name Russia, thank God. Likewise, a resolution in 1991 revived the symbols rooted in its history.Pages: 1 2 3 4 [5]
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25.04.2012