Flags, coats of arms and anthems — Russian Federation

Flags and coats of arms

Flags

since 1991 White-blue-red flag On 22 August 1991 the white-blue-red flag was raised over the House of Soviets in Moscow, a day now marked as Russian Flag Day. It was confirmed as the state flag by a decree of 1993 and a law of 2000.

Coats of arms

since 1993 Coat of arms of the Russian Federation The gold double-headed eagle on a red shield was approved by a decree of 30 November 1993 and by law in December 2000; it was drawn by the artist Yevgeny Ukhnalyov. Until 2015 coins bore not the state arms but the emblem of the Bank of Russia, an eagle without crowns; from 2016 the state arms returned to the coins.

Anthems

1990–2000 · The Patriotic Song

Music: Mikhail Glinka

Mikhail Glinka's melody became the anthem of the RSFSR in 1990 and remained the anthem of Russia until 2000. It never acquired official words.

1950 recording: USSR State Symphony Orchestra conducted by Alexander Gauk

since 2000 · State Anthem of the Russian Federation

Music: Alexander Alexandrov · Words: Sergei Mikhalkov

In December 2000 Alexander Alexandrov's music became Russia's anthem again, with a new text by Sergei Mikhalkov. It was first performed with these words on New Year's night 2001.

Presidential Orchestra of the Russian Federation, kremlin.ru · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Lyrics (in the original language)

Россия — священная наша держава,
Россия — любимая наша страна.
Могучая воля, великая слава —
Твоё достоянье на все времена!

Припев:
Славься, Отечество наше свободное,
Братских народов союз вековой,
Предками данная мудрость народная!
Славься, страна! Мы гордимся тобой!

От южных морей до полярного края
Раскинулись наши леса и поля.
Одна ты на свете! Одна ты такая —
Хранимая Богом родная земля!

Широкий простор для мечты и для жизни
Грядущие нам открывают года.
Нам силу даёт наша верность Отчизне.
Так было, так есть и так будет всегда!