St. George Banner of the Life Guards Grenadier Regiment. St. George's flag See what the "St. George's stern flag" is in other dictionaries
For many centuries he was one of the saints most revered by the Russian people. He was considered the patron saint of the Christian army, and his image with a spear and on horseback was used in the heraldry of the Principality of Moscow from the 14th century.
Saint Andrew
At the heart of the St. George flag (the history of occurrence is presented below) is a white and blue banner, used since the time of Peter the Great and even earlier. The name "St. Andrew's flag" comes from the name of one of the apostles of Christ, who, together with his brother Peter, were fishing on the coast of the Sea of Galilee. The patronage of this saint over maritime trade is connected with this. Andrew was the first of the apostles to follow the call of Christ, therefore he was called the First-Called. He was captured by the Romans and executed while on a trip to Greece on an oblique cross, later named after him.
Andreevsky sea banner
The final look of this flag took shape by 1712. It is a white panel with 2 blue diagonal stripes that form an inclined cross. The ratio of the length of the St. Andrew's flag to its width should be in the proportion of one and a half to one, and the width of the blue stripe should be 1/10 of the length.
What does the George flag look like?
As already mentioned, the St. Andrew's flag was taken as the basis for the banner, established in 1819. The only difference between these heraldic symbols is that in the center of the cross of St. Andrew the First-Called a red heraldic shield is placed, on which St. George the Victorious is depicted.
In 1819, the honorary St. George's pennant and the admiral's flag were established. They were given to the most distinguished ships.
In addition, the sailors of the awarded ships received the right to wear the well-known St. George ribbon on caps. On it, three black stripes are located on an orange field and symbolize gunpowder and flame.
How was it established
The history of the emergence of the St. George flag dates back to 1813, when in the middle of summer, on the outskirts of the German city of Kulm, the detachment of A. Osterman-Tolstoy saved the Allied army. It included the guards marine crew, which is the only naval part of the guard in the Russian Empire.
The soldiers blocked the path of the soldiers of the French Marshal Vandam and won. For this feat, the sailors and naval officers under the command of Count A.I. Osterman-Tolstoy were awarded the St. George Banner. However, this was not reflected in the flags of the ships assigned to the heroic guards crew. Emperor Alexander the First corrected this situation. In 1819, he issued a decree in which he ordered, in memory of the victory in the battle of Kulm, to assign the Georgievsky pennant to the ships of the guards crew. In addition, its officials (admiral, rear admiral, etc.) received insignia with the same symbols.
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This sign of the Naval Guards crew was made in the form of the Kulm cross. In its center was the waving St. Andrew's flag, in the middle of which was the St. George's star. The cross was surrounded by a rosette made of enamel in the colors of the St. George Ribbon.
Rewarding the ships "Azov" and "Mercury"
The history of the Russian fleet is full of descriptions of heroic events. Soldiers, sailors and senior military officials who took part in them were encouraged by medals, orders, nominal weapons and other awards. In addition, entire military units, including ships of the navy, were often honored in a special way.
One of the clearest examples of the collective awarding of sailors, midshipmen and officers is the assignment by Emperor Nicholas I of the right to raise the St. George admiral's flag as a stern 2 ships: "Azov" and the brigantine "Mercury".
This 74-gun sailing ship of the line, which is the flagship of the Russian fleet, distinguished itself in the Battle of Navarino, which took place in October 1827.
During the battle, 3 enemy frigates were sunk, the Turkish flagship Muharrem Bey was burned, and 1 corvette ran aground.
In the battle, the ship received 153 holes, including 7 below the waterline, all the topmasts, masts, rigging and yards were broken, and the sails were shot through. Among the crew members, which numbered about 600 people, the losses were 67 wounded and 24 killed.
Captain M.P. Lazarev, who commanded the Azov ship, was awarded the rank of Rear Admiral. He was also awarded the Order of the Bath, on behalf of the English king, the Order of St. Louis, by order of the French monarch, and the Greek Order of St. Savior
The Azov ship itself received the right to raise the St. George flag.
"Mercury"
A brig with this name was built at a shipyard in Sevastopol. In May 1829, "Mercury", which at that time was commanded by Lieutenant Commander A.I. Kazarsky, took an unequal battle with 2 battleships of the Turkish fleet. The brig managed to inflict such severe damage on the enemy ships that they were forced to stop the pursuit.
For this feat, the crew of "Mercury" was awarded the St. George's flag and became known as the "ship-hero". The commander of the ship, A. Kazarsky, was promoted to the rank of captain of the first rank, and, together with his subordinate officers, was provided with a lifelong pension.
"Memory of Azov"
The merits of the two ships that received the St. George flag on the orders of Nicholas I were so unparalleled that not a single ship deserved such honors. However, the St. George flags of the Navy were inherited by the successor ships, i.e., to the “Memory of Azov” and “Memory of Mercury”.
The first of them was launched in 1888. On board, the future Emperor Nicholas II made his famous journey to the Far East.
During the revolution of 1905, sailors revolted against the autocracy on the "Memory of Azov". After its suppression, the cruiser was renamed Dvina, but the former name was returned at the end of March 1917. A few months later, the ship "Memory of Azov" sank as a result of a torpedo fired from British boats.
In December 1923, the ship was lifted and dismantled for metal. Thus ended his story.
As for the successors of the heroic brig "Mercury", there were several of them:
- a sailing corvette built in 1865;
- hydrographic vessel;
- a cruiser launched in 1883;
- armored cruiser.
The latter did not shame the St. George flag, which he inherited from the Mercury brig. It was launched in 1902 and was renamed several times.
In 1925, the ship, which at that time was called the Komintern, became a film set for the film masterpiece of all times and peoples, the silent film Battleship Potemkin.
At the beginning of the Great Patriotic War, the ship was used to transport the wounded, and then it participated in the evacuation of the defenders of Odessa.
The St. George flag officially existed until the end of December 1917. However, during the Great Patriotic War, it became necessary to raise the morale of soldiers and commanders. To this end, such symbols of the Russian army as officer shoulder straps were returned, as well as orders and medals named after Russian commanders and naval commanders were established.
In September 1943, the Order of Glory 3 degrees was established in the Soviet Union. He had the traditional black and orange St. George ribbon. It was also used to decorate the peakless caps of the sailors of the Guards warships of the USSR Navy.
Now you know what the stern St. George's flag looked like and what history it has.
GEORGE BANNER
St. George banner (in military units)
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Acceptance date: 05.02.2008
A rectangular panel of azure color with an aspect ratio of 2:3, bearing in itself the figures of the coat of arms of the Georgievsky municipal district of the Stavropol Territory located in the center: the Holy Great Martyr St. George the Victorious in a silver robe, in a scarlet cloak, with a golden halo and a diadem in brown hair on a silver horse with a purple harness, a silver spear, trampling a silver dragon with scarlet weapons.
Rationale for the symbolism:
The flag of the Georgievsky municipal district is a vowel or speaking derivative of St. George the Victorious. In 1777, the central fortress of the Azov-Mozdok defensive line, founded by Russian soldiers and Cossacks, was named after this saint. In 1785, the fortress received the status of a city; today it is the administrative center of the district of the same name.
The name of the fortress in honor of George the Victorious was not accidental. At the origins of the emergence of this concept was the governor of the southern provinces of Russia, Prince Grigory Potemkin. It was he who gave the names of each of the 10 fortresses that made up the Azov-Mozdok border line. And these names carried a deep meaning, which reflected the policy of Russia in the newly annexed territories of the North Caucasus.
The center of the confrontation between Russia in the North Caucasus was at that time Kabarda. In this direction, the central outpost of Russia, the St. George Fortress, was erected, the very name of which proclaimed the main aspiration of the Russians - to win in the name of Russia. The image of St. George the Victorious, like no other, met these goals.
George the Victorious was and remains one of the most popular saints in the Caucasus, in particular, in medieval Christian Alania (then Ossetia), now the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania, neighboring the Georgievsk region.
No less than in Ossetia, this saint was also revered in Georgia. Many researchers translate the name of this country as “the country of George”.
From 1777 to 1801, Georgievsk was the military, administrative, economic and cultural center of Russia in the Caucasus, and from 1802 to 1822, after the transfer of the Caucasian estate to Tiflis, it remained the main city in the North Caucasus (there was the center of the Caucasus province).
In 1783, the famous treatise on the entry of Georgia under the protection of Russia was signed in Georgievsk. It was symbolic that the "country of George" declared its choice in favor of Russia in this particular city - a city that bore with it the name of the same saint.
The county as a whole was also named after George, which existed as an administrative unit from 1785 to 1924. In 1777-1786, eight villages and villages were formed that were part of the Georgievsky district, which today form the basis of the Georgievsky district, three-quarters of the population live in them. In 1924, when the district was created as part of the North Caucasian (then Stavropol) Territory, it retained its name, and is still called Georgievsky District.
Sources: Vexillographia
St. George Banners of the Russian Army of the Supreme Ruler.
1. Izhevsk Rifle Division
Granted by the Supreme Ruler of Russia, Admiral A.V. Kolchak on September 9, 1919 for the battles on the Tobol, which was announced to him personally during a visit to the division.
The official order for the award was given at Art. Petukhovo on September 16, 1919: “The Izhevsk Rifle Division, formed from volunteer workers of Izhevsk, and more recently from other factories in the Urals, since its inception, has consistently shown high valor and exemplary stamina in a fierce struggle against the enemy, for the benefit of the resurgent Russia. The Izhevsk Rifle Division marked itself with especially heroic, combat exploits in the period from August 30 to September 5 of this year in the battles near the Bogaty, Dubrovny, Sunzharsky settlements and the villages of Bolshoe and Maloye Priyutnoye, when it broke the stubbornness of the enemy with especially cruel blows, inflicting enormous losses, and captured a large number of trophies and prisoners, forcing the enemy to flee to the West. In retribution of valiant heroic merits, courage and bravery, I wish the Izhevsk Rifle Division the St. George banner. Honor this banner and keep it, according to the proper regulations. Admiral KOLCHAK.
It was a white rectangular double-sided panel measuring 115.5x105 cm. Silk, embroidery with silk thread. Right side: on a white background, a frame with yellow edges, an inscription along the frame in Slavic script “PSALOM 88 VERSE 24// I WILL CRUSH HIM BEFORE HIM// I WILL HATE HIM AND I WILL HATE HIM.” St. Andrew's cross from a wide St. George ribbon, in the center - the face of the Savior Not Made by Hands. Left side: on a white background, a frame with yellow edges, an inscription along the frame in Slavic script "IZHEV DIVISION" (above), and "1918 1919" (below). On the St. Andrew's cross from a wide St. George ribbon there is an image of a black double-headed eagle with a golden sword in the right paw, a flaming grenade in the left and an oval medallion with the image of St. George the Victorious on the chest.
It was not awarded, because at the time of the announcement of the award it turned out to be not ready, although it had already been actually approved and ordered. Made in December 1919 by the embroiderers of the Znamensky Convent. Followed in the train of the Supreme Ruler and was captured by the Irkutsk rebels. In 1924 Received in the Irkutsk Museum of the Revolution from the headquarters of the 12th Rifle Corps of the Trans-Baikal Military District of the Red Army. In 1935, in connection with its closure, it was transferred to the Irkutsk Museum of Local Lore. First exhibited in December 1987. May 18, 2008 transferred for temporary storage in connection with the celebration of the 90th anniversary of the Izhevsk-Votkinsk uprising in the National Museum of the Udmurt Republic. K. Gerda (Izhevsk).
Photo published in the article: I. Kobzev From Izhevsk to Harbin // Udmurtia. Monuments of the Fatherland. M., 1995. P. 163. (A feature of the photograph is the presence of white margins on the sides of the frame with the inscription. These margins are absent in modern photographs).
Peters D.I. Material for the history of awards during the Civil War and the White Movement 1918-1922. Philadelphia, 1996, p. 14.
Kobzev I. From Izhevsk to Harbin // Udmurtia. Monuments of the Fatherland. Issue. 33. M., 1995. S. 156-174.
Bushin A.Yu. Comments in the magazine “White Army. White business ”// White army. White business. Yekaterinburg, 1997. No. 4. P.167.
Petrov A.A. On the banners of the Izhevsk Rifle Division / / Efimov A.G. Izhevtsy and Votkintsy. The fight against the Bolsheviks 1918-1920. M., 2008. S.371-374.
2. Battle flag of the Izhevsk Rifle Division
The banner is the "deputy" of the St. George banner. It was made independently at the end of 1919 until the presentation of the banner by the Supreme Ruler. Appeared during the parade of the division at the station. Innokentievskaya in February 1920, where it was carried out by an officer battalion.
It was a rectangular panel, divided into two equal parts. The left side is white with an oblique cross made of a wide St. George ribbon. In the upper corner of the cross is the date "7/VIII 1918", in the lower corner - the date "9/IX 1919" in Slavic script (the date of the start of the uprising at the Izhevsk plant and the awarding of the division with the St. George banner). The right part is in the colors of the Russian flag (white-blue-red) with golden capital letters "Izh" in the center of the blue stripe.
Photo from the archive of the Museum of Russian Culture in San Francisco. Published in the book: Efimov A.G. Izhevtsy and Votkintsy. The struggle against the Bolsheviks 1918-1920. M., 2008.
During the evacuation from Primorye, it was taken to China, and then to the United States. It was kept in the Izhevsk-Votkinsk Association in San Francisco. On September 29, 1968, during the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the uprising at the factories, it decorated the stage of the solemn meeting. Its whereabouts are currently unknown (possibly lost).
Pioneer. Los Angeles, 1972. No. 7. P.54.
I. Kobzev From Izhevsk to Harbin // Udmurtia. Monuments of the Fatherland. M., 1995. P. 163.
Blinov M.Yu. Izhevtsy-Votkintsy // Bulletin of the Society of Russian Veterans of the Great War. M., 2000. No. 275. S.15-16.
Messenger of the pioneer. Los Angeles, 1972. No. 7. P.54.
Petrov A.A. On the banners of the Izhevsk Rifle Division / / Efimov A.G. Izhevtsy and Votkintsy. The fight against the Bolsheviks 1918-1920. M., 2008. P.374.
2. Votkinsk artillery division:
Made on the model of the banner of the Izhevsk division. It is a white rectangular double-sided panel with St. George ribbons sewn in the shape of the St. Andrew's cross in a narrow rectangular frame. Right side: on an oblique St. Andrew's cross made of St. George ribbons, framed by a narrow rectangular frame, the icon of the Savior Not Made by Hands; on top and bottom of the frame there is an inscription in Slavic script: "SЪ NAMI // GOD". Left side: on an oblique St. Andrew's cross made of St. George ribbons, framed by a narrow rectangular frame, an image of a black double-headed eagle with a golden sword in the right paw, a flaming grenade in the left and an oval medallion with the image of St. George the Victorious on the chest; above and below the frame there is an inscription in Slavic script: "SALVATION OF ROSS i AND // IN HER VICTORY".
Exhibited at the Central Museum of the Armed Forces.
3. Irkutsk artillery division:
Complained in Transbaikalia by order of the Commander of the Far Eastern Army, General S.N. Voitsekhovsky for saving cannons during the Great Siberian campaign.
Most likely, its appearance was identical to the St. George Banner of the Votkinsk Artillery Division. They could differ in the color of the frames - in Votkinsk - blue, in Irkutsk - green (according to the instrument color).
Ezeev A.B. To the question of "admissibility", "legitimacy" and "competence" // Military story. M., M., 1993. No. 4. P.15.
Reconstructed based on the description of the St. George Banner of the Votkinsk Artillery Division.
This page uses materials from A.N. Basov's book "The History of Naval Flags", V.A. Sokolov's book "Vexillological Guide to the Flags of the Russian Empire and the USSR", as well as A.N. Basov's letters.
Actually, the navy appeared in Russia only under Peter I. Naval flags, apparently, appeared on the training flotilla of Peter I on Lake Pereyaslavl. As you know, Peter's passion for navigation began with an old English boat he found in the barn of N.I. Romanov. The repaired boat was tested by the tsar on the Yauza and the Prosyany pond in the village of Izmailovo, but they seemed to him too cramped. After that, Peter moved the boat to Pereyaslav Lake, where, under the guidance of the master Karshten Brant and other foreign masters, several "small" frigates and yachts were also made. The construction of the Pereyavlavskaya flotilla was completed in 1692.
However, no objective information about the flags on the boat of Peter and on the ships of the Pereyaslav flotilla has been preserved. We can only guess about their appearance (and even about the very existence of such flags)...
In 1693, Peter I, with several ships, undertook a voyage along the Northern Dvina and the White Sea. Peter's yacht already had a white-blue-red striped flag with an eagle.
The next milestone in the history of the military fleet was the Azov Fleet, which began to be built in the 1690s. In the History of the Russian Fleet, describing the campaign of the galleys of the Azov fleet of Peter I (1696), S. Elagin wrote the following about the flags: ships of the Azov Fleet. The actual name of the flag, although it is occasionally found in the description books, has not yet been adopted. "The banner that is needed for the sea route: white, blue, red," and "ordinary banner" - this is the characteristic of the flag left by the description books books and documents of that time. In the course, the flag was worn on the upper leg of the main-yard; at anchor, or in the case of retracting the masts ... he was probably flown on the stern flagpole. The expression "raising the flag" did not exist: "banner", whether it was a stern flag or a signal flag, was "set" and "lowered". It is not known whether there was a difference for the flagships, from the description books it can only be seen that the Lefort galley had a gold-domed flag, with an eagle. On the vice-admiral's galley on the foremast is a banner, on the mainmast is a badge, on the mainline is a pennant, on the foremast is another pennant.
Quote from "The History of the Russian Fleet" by S. Elagin, St. Petersburg, 1864, ch. 1. p. 40.
The appearance of the first naval flag of Russia is associated with the construction in 1669 of the first Russian warship Oryol. According to the surviving evidence for the "Eagle" in 1668, a flag was made, consisting of white, blue and red colors (and for the manufacture of the flag it took an equal amount of fabric of each color), the exact location of the colors is not known, it was ordered to "write" Russian on the flag state emblem (decree of Alexei Mikhailovich of April 24, 1669).
I - Cross flag. Version by P. Belavenets
There are several reconstructions of this flag. According to one of the reconstructions (author P.I. Belavenets), the flag of the "Eagle" was divided by a blue cross into 2 red and 2 white fields according to the archer pattern
