In Pictures: Russia Celebrates National Flag Day

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Russian soldiers and National Guard officers hold a huge tricolor near the Victory Museum in Moscow, August 22, 2022.

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Russian soldiers and National Guard officers hold a huge tricolor near the Victory Museum in Moscow, August 22, 2022.

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Members of the "Young Guard – Youth Army" military-patriotic movement during Flag Day celebrations in Donetsk, DPR.

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Members of the "Young Guard – Youth Army" military-patriotic movement during Flag Day celebrations in Donetsk, DPR.

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Rescue workers from the Russian Emergency Situations Ministry raising the Russian tricolor in central Donetsk, DPR.

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Rescue workers from the Russian Emergency Situations Ministry raising the Russian tricolor in central Donetsk, DPR.

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School children watch as a massive Russian tricolor flag is unfolded outside the Victory Museum in Moscow.

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School children watch as a massive Russian tricolor flag is unfolded outside the Victory Museum in Moscow.

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People form a flash mob dedicated to National Flag Day on Poklonnaya Hill in Moscow.

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People form a flash mob dedicated to National Flag Day on Poklonnaya Hill in Moscow.

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National Flag Day celebrations in Donetsk, DPR.

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National Flag Day celebrations in Donetsk, DPR.

© Sputnik / Evgeny Odinokov  / Go to the mediabankRussian servicemen are holding a giant tricolor flag outside the Victory Museum in Moscow8/9 / Go to the mediabankRussian servicemen are holding a giant tricolor flag outside the Victory Museum in Moscow© Sputnik / Ilya Naimushin  / Go to the mediabank

Ice swimmers during a 2,500-meter swimming marathon in Siberia's Krasnoyarsk wave Russian tricolor flags.

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Ice swimmers during a 2,500-meter swimming marathon in Siberia's Krasnoyarsk wave Russian tricolor flags.

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