Each state has its own symbolism, bearing any meaning. The flag, along with other signs, symbolizes the independence of the state and people.
The official story broadcasts that before the seventeenth century there was no state flag in the Russian Empire. In all countries that had a fleet, ships had to sail with the flag of their country. And when the Russian fleet appeared, it was necessary to raise the flag, as in other countries. Then they came up with the tricolor, which some now call the "Vlasov flag." Warships sailed under him for thirty years. But after the adoption of the decree that military vessels sail under a different flag - Andreevsky, only civilian vessels began to use the tricolor.
In the nineteenth century, it was proposed to choose the colors of the Russian flag in accordance with the emblem. After imperial approval for several decades, the black-yellow-white flag became a state flag. But without receiving public approval, he was replaced by a white-blue-red tricolor. And the former flag has since become the flag of the Romanov dynasty.
Flag of the Russian Federation
After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the flag of the Russian Federation became the tricolor, the same as it was during the time of the Russian Empire. At the end of the two thousandth year, the law on the national flag was adopted, defining the rules for its use and the legal status.
Vlasov flag
On the Internet you can find the name of the state Russian flag. So they began to call him in connection with the events during the Great Patriotic War.
After the overthrow of the monarchical system, the tricolor was replaced with the red flag of the RSFSR, and later the USSR. The flag of the Vlasov army appeared when individual traitorous formations, which decided to unite with the Hitler army in order to fight the Soviet regime, united in the so-called ROA, the Russian liberation army. It was headed by A. Vlasov, a man trusted by the Kremlin. However, after being captured, after some time he decided to start fighting the Soviet regime, becoming a traitor to his homeland.
Flag of Traitors
A huge number of Russian people lived in inhuman conditions, slowly dying. The Nazis offered them an alternative to these conditions - joining the ROA, and some people, no longer able to endure, went over to the side of the enemy. They were called Vlasovites.
Becoming under the flag of the Vlasov army, people not only avoided starvation. Among them were many officers who believed in the idea that thanks to the fascist army they would be able to overthrow the Bolshevik system.
However, this idea was not quite the one they were following, because the methods of combating the Stalinist regime turned, in fact, into a betrayal of their homeland. Therefore, the plans could not be realized, since the initial betrayal made the "rainbow" ideas flawed. That is why the flag of Russia (Vlasov) is sometimes associated with betrayal.
Vlasov wanted to use the Nazis, and the Nazis took advantage of him. When they needed it, they gave him freedom in the formation of their so-called army. However, when he entered into polemics with the Germans and in some ways did not agree with them, his ROA ceased to receive support for further agitation, and the Nazis sent the army exclusively for their own purposes.
Vlasov was transferred to the Soviet Union on May 5, 1945 by the Americans. And after fifteen months he was executed for treason.
