Russians celebrate National Flag Day

The largest national flag in Russia with the surface of 1,000 square meters was unfurled at Moscow's Victory Museum. In addition to that, 3000 volunteers dressed in the colours of the Russian flag gathered at a square nearby to take part in the celebrations marking National Flag Day.

They stood in a 165 meter line forming Russia's longest living flag. National Flag Day was created by a presidential decree in 1994. On August 22, 1991 a resolution was passed establishing the historical Russian tricolor.