Russian tricolor

[Boele, O.F.]

Not quite. If Peter had decided to turn the Dutch flag upside down (red, white, blue from top to bottom), the Russian flag would have looked different from what it now is (white, blue red).

Otto Boele
University of Leiden 

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<SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU> skriver:
>Can anyone explain the origins and general significance of the Russian 
>national flag?

Robert K. Massie in "Peter the Great" tells the story: When Peter first saw his first ship, delivered by Dutch sailors and with the Dutch tricolor waving, he just loved it all and decided to use the same flag - just upside down !
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