Today in Russia celebrate Day of national flag. Celebrations are held across the country.

A holiday in the Crimea began to celebrate early in the morning. A huge tricolor stretched at the entrance of the state Council of the Republic. Here an improvised stage. Soon there will begin a concert. The townspeople woke up at 8 am and came to the Central square. In the hands of the flags in the lapels tricolor ribbons. To celebrate today will be all day and throughout the Peninsula. In Feodosia will be a competition for the biggest flag. And in the evening will reward citizens who took an active part in public life. In Yalta, on the embankment will incur a 20-meter national flag. Planned several sports tournaments. In Krasnokamenka competition of drawings and poems. In Simeiz holiday flash mob. Flag day is celebrated today in Sevastopol. There will be a youth rally. The day will conclude with a concert on the promenade.

The main flagpole of Krasnodar height of 42 meters clearly visible from afar. Today, in honor of the holiday, here is Cuban flag flies a giant flag. Cossacks did a victory lap around the square and under the national anthem of the Russian flag raised on the flagpole. The biggest flag in the city - 10 to 15 meters raised on the day. Holiday meeting gathered in the town square, hundreds of citizens and guests of Kuban capital. Holiday in the Kuban began to celebrate at the weekend, continues today in all cities and villages. Traditional bike ride to celebrate the holiday in Yeysk. Sochi will host the rally. And in Gelendzhik a large tricolor was placed on the slope of the Markotkh mountain range. For residents of the Kuban region today hosts concerts, quizzes and competitions on knowledge of history.

A small street scene, painted in the colors of the national flag, appeared today in many areas of Krasnoyarsk. Flag day is celebrated with concerts, which are songs about Russia. Soloists of the Krasnoyarsk House of officers first went to congratulate Krasnoyarsk. The stage they set up in downtown at the fountain. In honor of the tricolor today beautifies the whole street. For 25 years white-blue-red flag became one of the most recognizable symbols of Russia.
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