Flag of Russia

High school (ages 12+)
Geography

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

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Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the imperial flag (1858-1896)?Black-yellow-white tricolor
2. What is the soviet era flag?Red field with hammer and sickle, later with a vertical blue stripe
3. What is the Russian flag?The Russian flag is a white, blue, and red tricolor that represents Russia.
4. When was the white‑blue‑red flag first used?The design was first made for merchant ships in 1693 and became the civil ensign in 1705.

Civil Ensign: A flag flown by civilian ships to indicate nationality.
Bolshevik Revolution: The 1917 revolution in Russia led by Vladimir Lenin and the Bolshevik Party.
RSFSR: Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, the largest and most populous republic of the Soviet Union.
Sovereignty: Supreme power or authority; the authority of a state to govern itself.