MOSCOW, August 22 The Russian flag with an area of 1000 square meters was unfurled on the National Flag Day near the walls of the Victory Museum, the correspondent said.
State Flag Day is celebrated on August 22.
The Russian tricolor, listed in the country's Book of Records and Achievements, was taken out to the accompaniment of the orchestra of the Alexander Nevsky Military University of the Ministry of Defense and deployed near the walls of the Victory Museum.
The ceremony is attended by representatives of volunteer and youth organizations, military educational institutions. After the ceremony, the flag will be deposited at the Victory Museum.
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«The Day of the Russian Flag is one of the youngest holidays in modern Russia. On this day, we pay tribute to the symbols of the state that has come a long heroic path. The celebration of the Day of the State Flag of the Russian Federation at the Victory Museum will be attended by the personnel of the 1st Separate Rifle Semenov Regiment, personnel of a separate Order of Lenin and the October Revolution of the Red Banner Operational Division named after Dzerzhinsky, troops of the National Guard of Russia, the All-Russian children's youth military-patriotic public movement «Yunarmiya», the All-Russian movement «Volunteers of Victory», volunteers of the Victory Museum, as well as cadets of the Military University named after Prince Alexander Nevsky of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation,» the director of the G.O.R.A. branch of the Victory Museum said during the opening ceremony. Andrey Baturin.
The ceremony of unrolling the largest Russian tricolor takes place every year on the National Flag Day on August 22.