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After revolution of February 1917 (republican, not socialist) Russian
warships hoisted different red flags (very often with inscriptions and
different mottos).
Victor Lomantsov, 18 Mar 2000
![[Russian Navy St. Andrew flag]](../images/r/ru~and.gif)
image by Yosef Obskura and Željko Heimer, 06 Apr 1999
On 1 may 1917, Centrobalt (Central Committee of Baltic Fleet) ordered to
all warships to hoist Andrew’s flag. It was
named "provisional flag". Several ships added to Andrew’s flag a red stripe
(battleship Petropavlovsk — Andrew’s flag with red vertical stripe
on fly selvage etc.).
Victor Lomantsov, 18 Mar 2000
![[Naval aviation flag 1917]](../images/r/ru^navavi-1917.gif)
image by H B, 11 May 2012
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