Description: Tobacco Silk Russia Flag Russian Made by Egyptienne Straights Cigarettes The national flag of Russia (Russian: Флаг России, romanized: Flag Rossii), also known as the State Flag of the Russian Federation (Russian: Государственный флаг Российской Федерации, romanized: Gosudarstvenny flag Rossiyskoy Federatsii), is a tricolour flag consisting of three equal horizontal fields: white on the top, blue in the middle, and red on the bottom. The flag was first used as an ensign for Russian merchant ships in 1696. During the dissolution of the Soviet Union, after the 1991 August Coup, the Russian SFSR adopted a new flag design similar to the pre-revolutionary tricolour that had been abolished in 1917. The ratio of the new flag was 1:2, and the flag colours consisted of white on the top, blue in the middle, and red on the bottom. The flag design remained the same until 1993, when the original Russian tricolour was fully restored as the current flag after the 1993 Russian constitutional crisis. Following the events of the attempted coup in Moscow, the supreme soviet of the Russian SFSR declared, by resolution dated 22 August 1991, that the old imperial tricolour flag serve as the national flag of the state. The constitution was subsequently amended by Law No. 1827-1 1 November 1991. At the disintegration of the USSR on 25 December 1991, the Soviet flag was lowered from Kremlin and then replaced by the tricolour flag. The modern era flag underwent a proportion change from 1:2 to 2:3 in 1993 and has been most recently provided for by a 2000 law. On 11 December 1993, President of the Russian Federation Boris Yeltsin signed Decree No. 2126 "On the State Flag of the Russian Federation". In Article 1 of the decree, the flag was described as a "rectangular panel of three equal horizontal stripes: the top – white, middle – blue, and bottom – red, with a width to length ratio of 2:3." The National Flag Day is an official holiday in Russia, established in 1994. It is celebrated on 22 August, the day of the victory over putschists in 1991, but employees remain at work. History of tobacco silks In Cigarette packs; Originally issued in American cigarette packets between 1905 and 1917, these ‘giveaways’ proved a very popular promotional item which was taken up by twenty British tobacco manufacturers at the advent of the First World War (1914). Silk cigarette inserts continued to be issued following paper restrictions announced by the government in 1917, but had faded out by the mid-1920s, except for a small resurgence in 1933-4. The subjects included religion, cricket, football, art, flags, army and naval badges, flowers, and clan tartans. Silk inserts were an adaptation of the popular cigarette cards. In North America between 1900 and 1936 silk cigarette cards, or inserts, were produced by tobacco companies as calculated promotional giveaways for men to pass on to women.
Price: 18.09 USD
Location: Homewood, Illinois
End Time: 2024-11-27T02:00:00.000Z
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Seller
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 60 Days
Refund will be given as: Money back or replacement (buyer's choice)
Card Size: Tobacco
Material: Tobacco Silk
Franchise: History
Original/Licensed Reprint: Original
Vintage: Yes
Graded: No
Language: English
Card Name: See images and title
Manufacturer: Various see listing & images
Features: Insert
Genre: History
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Type: Non-Sport Trading Card
Set: Tobacco Silk Insert
Character: Tobacco Silk Insert
Convention/Event: Tobacco Silk Insert
Autographed: No
Signed By: Tobacco Silk Insert
Autograph Format: Tobacco Silk Insert
Year Manufactured: 1910
TV Show: Tobacco Silk Insert
Card Thickness: 20 Pt.
Parallel/Variety: No Parallel
Featured Person/Artist: No Featured Person
Movie: Tobacco Silk Insert
Print Run: Limited
Age Level: 16+
Insert Set: Tobacco Silk Insert
Illustrator: Tobacco Silk Insert
Card Number: see images & details