In Photos: Russia Celebrates Flag Day Amid Ukraine War
Russia on Monday marked Flag Day, its annual holiday celebrating the country's tricolor flag that was restored following the Soviet collapse in 1991.
Russia has celebrated Flag Day every year since 1994, when then-President Boris Yeltsin created the holiday.
This year's events were overshadowed by the country's nearly six-month war against Ukraine. Displaying the tricolor alongside the letter Z — a symbol for the invasion of Ukraine — Russians marched in parks and near World War II monuments and museums.
Here's a look at the Flag Day events in Moscow:
Russia has celebrated Flag Day every year since 1994, when then-President Boris Yeltsin created the holiday.
This year's events were overshadowed by the country's nearly six-month war against Ukraine. Displaying the tricolor alongside the letter Z — a symbol for the invasion of Ukraine — Russians marched in parks and near World War II monuments and museums.
Here's a look at the Flag Day events in Moscow:
A giant tricolor was unfurled near the Victory Museum in Moscow, also known as the Museum of the Great Patriotic War.
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The "Russia Unites" flashmob at the Victory Museum.
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Members of Russia's National Guard took part in unfurling the giant tricolor.
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At the "Russia Unites" flashmob, civilians held up a series of banners — many bearing pro-war messages or symbols — that combined to form a large Russian tricolor.
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Raising the Russian flag at the Victory Museum in Moscow.
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The "Russia Unites" flashmob at the Victory Museum.
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Raising the Russian flag at the Victory Museum in Moscow.
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Participants in the "Russia Unites" flashmob hold a banner reading "For the homeland! For the president! For the Russian flag! Happy holidays!"
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Drivers in red, white and blue cars staged a rally along the Garden Ring in Moscow.
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The car rally along the Garden Ring in Moscow.
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The car rally along the Garden Ring in Moscow.
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A participant in the "100 Faces" tricolor flash mob at Moscow's Park Pobedy.
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The tricolor flash mob at Moscow's Park Pobedy.
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The tricolor flash mob at Moscow's Park Pobedy.
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A Moscow city volunteer distributes flags and other patriotic symbols for Flag Day in central Moscow.
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Handing out flags for Flag Day in central Moscow.
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