Flag Of Russian America
Andrew s flag was inspired by the flag of scotland and was designed by peter the great in need of a naval flag for the newly created russian navy.
Flag of russian america. White on the top blue in the middle and red on the bottom. Proposed flag of canada 1939 svg flag of alaska russian america svg. Flag of the ministry of defence. It remained in use until 1858 when the.
What was the russian american company. The russian american company was founded by the russian government in the 19th century to explore the territories of alaska and the pacific coast of north america belonging to or disputed by the russian empire from the aleutians to california. Fɫak rɐˈsʲiɪ is a tricolour flag consisting of three equal horizontal fields. Its capital was novo arkhangelsk new arkhangelsk which is now sitka alaska united states settlements spanned parts of what are now the u s.
There s no official interpretation of what the three colors of the. Flag date use description 2003 present. Russian america is a featured timeline which means it has been identified as one of the best alternate histories produced by the alternate history community. So be it and added his cypher thereby approving the.
The flag of russia russian. Flag of the russian ground forces. The so called andreevskiy st. Flag is the national flag of the united states it consists of thirteen equal horizontal stripes of red top and bottom alternating with white with a blue rectangle in the canton referred to specifically as the union bearing fifty small white five pointed stars arranged in nine offset.
The flag was first used as an ensign for russian merchant ships and became official as the flag of the tsardom of russia in 1696. The flag of the united states of america often referred to as the american flag or the u s. In the new russia since 1991 the white blue and red tricolor has become the national flag. If you see a way this alternate history can be updated or improved without compromising previous work please say so on this page s talkpage or come on chat.
States of california alaska and three forts in hawaii. Ensign of the imperial russian navy. On september 28 october 10 new style 1806 aleksandr i emperor of russia made a notation on the design submitted to him of a new flag for the russian american company. The flag of the russian american company first adopted in 1806 consisted of a variation of the horizontal white blue red tricolor of the flag of russia but with the white stripe broader than the other two and containing a double headed eagle symbol of the company the exact form and placement of the eagle was subject to variations before russian rule over alaska ended in 1867.
This company s flag was based on the contemporary russian.