Russian tricolor

[Paul B. Gallagher]

Valery Belyanin wrote:

> It may not be related to the origin of the flag but I would like to say a
> word after a long silence:).
> It is easy to remember the sequence of the colours - white, blue and red in
> Russian flag in Russian language like this:
> Belyj, Sinij, Krasnuj - BaSiK ("basic" stands for an old computer language)
> or as I was told recently there is another version if we look at the flag
> from below::
> Krasnuj, Goluboj, Belyj which can be remembered as KGB "snizu vverh" (from 
> bottom to head) :)

OK, so which is it, siniy or goluboy?

I was taught in school that these are two different things... ;-)

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Paul B. Gallagher
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