Question by Carl Kasell: Why did Russia pick a flag similar to France?
With all the options out there for flags, I’m just curious why some of the most courageous and resilient peoples would pick a flag almost identical to a country known for gaiety. The mighty empire of france? The mighty empire of Russia. The latter just has a certain ring to it. Do you see where I’m coming from?
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Answer by The Grappler
The red, white and blue were the colours of the old Russia, though not the Imperial Flag. It’s just brought back. These colours are common, and denote Blood, Adherence to the Mother/Father land, and Loyalty.
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Andrei says
Same colour but different order and orientation! Sounds about right? 🙂
TheGrandOnion says
The current blue-white-red French flag dates back to the French Revolution of 1789.
Russia's national colors go back even further. Czar Peter the Great, the Russian's Russian, wore the white-red-blue combo on his Imperial sash in the late 1600s
SportsDude22 says
Because those colors are so rad, its the new look.
kalashnikov says
it has nothing to do with france. lots of countries have those colors in their flag: netherlands, puerto rico, cuba.
Miguel Brito says
look up the cuban and puerto rican flag