Russia's National Flag Day is celebrated today

The National Flag Day of the Russian Federation is celebrated on August 22 every year in accordance with the presidential executive order "On National Flag Day in the Russian Federation," dated August 20, 1994.

The state flag of the Russian Federation appeared at the turn of the 17th and 18th centuries.

The white, blue and red flag was raised for the first time on the first Russian warship, the Oryol, during the reign of Peter the Great’s father, Alexei Mikhailovich. Peter the Great is recognized as the legitimate "father" of the Russian tricolor flag. On January 20, 1705, he issued a decree that stated that "all merchant ships" should raise white, blue and red flags, and personally drew a design of the flag and specified the order of its horizontal stripes.

Historic banners are stored at the Central Naval Museum in St. Petersburg.

The Russian tricolor became the symbol of the country in August 1991, црут two improvised flags were raised in Moscow and St. Petersburg.

The whole Russia is trying to choose the creative way to celebrate the National Flag Day of the Russian Federation: a tricolor cake was baked in Yakutia and a giant banner was made in Novosibirsk.