Theional flag of russia is more than 300 years old. therussian emperor isar meet the great originalleror tsar peter the great originally designed the flagfor his fleet of ships, set of ships. by the royal decree this flag officially becamethe national flag of all russia on january, 20, 1705.the flag had 3 horizontal stripes, white, blue and red. at thattime there colours meant the following white -- the divine worldblue — the skies, red – the material world, some years later this flag became the symbol of the three slavicnations union: russia, byelorussia and ukraine. it symbolized thetitle of the russian empire's tsar who was named «laph bcesbejurug bebia w. maba. poccan», every colour got its ownmeaning, red meant courage and love, blue - honour and loyalty, white – nobility and sincerity23​