Kissing the flag and the inverted tricolor. August 22 is National Flag Day in Russia.
See how Flag Day was celebrated today in different regions.
Krasnodar Regional Public Organization for Patriotic, Spiritual, Moral, and Sports Education "Great South" gathered per share Strength in Unity "Everyone who wants to." There were about twenty who wanted to.
And the local "Putin's Squads" staged ceremonial kissing of the Russian flag on camera.
Governor Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug Natalia Komarova Launched On her VKontakte page, she started a flash mob, posting her own photo with the flag. People responded. Besides the same boring photos against the backdrop of the tricolor, they also sent in some truly creative works—for example, this (I'm a little scared for the child, though).
Regions were also measured by the size of their tricolor flags. Won Orenburg region with a flag 1588 meters long and 4,5 meters wide. Surgut with its 429-meter flag nervously smokes on the sidelines.
Youth team Gubkinsky urban district together with the Belgorod regional branch of the Young Guard of United Russia They decided to take it not by size, but by skill: their flag was only fifty meters long, but they went out with it to the central square and folded it into the shape of the letter Z!
"This is a record, of sorts, because never before has a flag of this size been unfurled in the Belgorod region!" rejoices local publication prostor31.
And, of course, there was a favorite patriotic theme—the inverted tricolor. Two of them. hung out Krasnoyarsk music school. And here's a picture announced events in honor of Russian Flag Day Yaroslavl edition "Yarkub".
Photos and videos: TVK, prostor31.ru, social media
