File:Flag of Russian Empire for private use (1914–1917).svg

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Description

English: Flag of the Russian Empire, used from 1914–1917.
Note: Private use only, unofficial.

Français : Drapeau de l'Empire russe utilisé en privé en 1914–1917.
Note: NON officiel.

Date

7 December 2010

Source

Own work, and using and

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Author

TRAJAN 117

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This image shows (or resembles) a symbol used by the Russian Federation and its Armed Forces, an organization closely associated to it, or another party advocating or glorifying wars of aggression or aggressive conduct.

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Other versions

File:Russian Empire 1914-1917.svg

File history

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	18:11, 22 July 2023	900 × 600 (1.09 MB)	HansBrooke97	Reverted to version as of 07:29, 20 April 2022 (UTC)
	05:20, 26 April 2022	900 × 600 (1.05 MB)	RoyalWikiman	Reverted to version as of 15:15, 13 July 2021 (UTC) non-colored is historically shown to be used on all evidence I have seen, do not revert back to colored without sources
	07:29, 20 April 2022	900 × 600 (1.09 MB)	SuperSkaterDude45	Reverted to version as of 17:21, 18 April 2022 (UTC) Most sources point to the current flag colors being used as the lighter blue is just a different shade of blue that was used in some postcards
	17:56, 18 April 2022	900 × 600 (1.1 MB)	Incógnito798	Reverted to version as of 22:06, 16 April 2022 (UTC).during that period the Russian flag was White, Light Blue and Red, blue was not adopted until 1993.
	17:21, 18 April 2022	900 × 600 (1.09 MB)	SuperSkaterDude45	Reverted to version as of 01:14, 2 January 2022 (UTC)
	22:06, 16 April 2022	900 × 600 (1.1 MB)	CapLiber	color palette
	01:14, 2 January 2022	900 × 600 (1.09 MB)	WindowsXPMapping	Reverted to version as of 14:54, 12 July 2021 (UTC) to go along with https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Russia_(1914-1917).svg
	15:15, 13 July 2021	900 × 600 (1.05 MB)	NorthTension	Reverted to version as of 21:21, 19 January 2021 (UTC) all the evidence shows the uncolored version as being correct
	14:54, 12 July 2021	900 × 600 (1.09 MB)	Tryide	Reverted to version as of 19:45, 30 April 2019 (UTC)
	21:21, 19 January 2021	900 × 600 (1.05 MB)	ชาวไทย	You said it yourself that the Uncolor arms are historically accurate, So why change it now?