[yak_v]

There are rumors circulating the Russian forums that the Russian government is getting ready to change the red stars to the tricolor stars with the colors of the Russian flag that will look like this:
http://www.postimage.org/aV18e9e0-1cef95d069bc85f45ff7acc114e2d538.jpg

Vladimir

[Xavier]

yak_v, on Thu 13 Mar 2008 1913, said:

There are rumors circulating the Russian forums that the Russian government is getting ready to change the red stars to the tricolor stars with the colors of the Russian flag that will look like this:
http://www.postimage.org/aV18e9e0-1cef95d069bc85f45ff7acc114e2d538.jpg

Vladimir

The image doesn't show, the link OTOH, does: linkie
not exactly the most esthetically pleasing design I must say, OTOH I do wonder why Russia stuck with the communist red star for so long?

[shep854]

Xavier, on Thu 13 Mar 2008 1836, said:

The image doesn't show, the link OTOH, does: linkie
not exactly the most esthetically pleasing design I must say, OTOH I do wonder why Russia stuck with the communist red star for so long?

No money for the paint, maybe? :unsure:

[Hellfish6]

I liked the Red Star, but the new one isn't bad either.

[DesertFox]

The Red Star is more distinctive in my opinion..of course all US insignias have become just a different shade of grey.....

[kNiks]

Why don't they just go with WWI roundel?

http://wio.ru/ww1a/gal/s16.jpg

[gnocci]

Xavier, on Thu 13 Mar 2008 1636, said:

not exactly the most esthetically pleasing design I must say

Uuuugly.

Xavier, on Thu 13 Mar 2008 1636, said:

I do wonder why Russia stuck with the communist red star for so long?

The Red Star as a plane insignia predated the USSR. It was used as a personal insignia in WWI in tsarist russia. During the civil war stars of different colors and shapes were used by both sides. So, in a way, the red star marking is as old as russian warplanes.

[Yama]

Just wait until we get around to return to our old insignia:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Finland_roundel_WW2_border.svg/120px-Finland_roundel_WW2_border.svg.png

:)

[pdoktar]

Yama, on Fri 14 Mar 2008 0006, said:

Just wait until we get around to return to our old insignia:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Finland_roundel_WW2_border.svg/120px-Finland_roundel_WW2_border.svg.png

:)

"What, why there are german swastikas in that tank?" :angry:

Last summer I had to explain like 50 times that no the tank is not a german tank and no, we were not nazis.

[Arthur Hubers]

Well, there's always Belarus.

[atst]

This decision is stupid. Red stars are the symbol of WW2 Victory and soviet military might during cold war. Russia has not much own post-soviet achievements, the country is still living mostly from soviet heritage so it should at least maintain it's symbols. Czaraist symbols which are now spreading everywhere aren't a solution, czar's regime was even worse.

[TomasCTT]

It looks psychedelic. :huh:

[Xavier]

Yama, on Thu 13 Mar 2008 2306, said:

Just wait until we get around to return to our old insignia:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Finland_roundel_WW2_border.svg/120px-Finland_roundel_WW2_border.svg.png

:)

at least it is a beautiful symbol, one more reason to hate the Nazis, both the swastika, the stechschritt, the Stahlhelm and the Roman salute, all beautiful except for the fact that everyone associates them with those disgusting animals :angry:

[Chris Werb]

TomasCTT, on Fri 14 Mar 2008 0038, said:

It looks psychedelic. :huh:

And slightly gay. :)

[BillB]

Chris Werb, on Fri 14 Mar 2008 0744, said:

And slightly gay. :)

Yup, just the kind of thing you'd expect to feature in a Scissor Sisters video... ;) :)

BillB

[Bob B]

Here is a handy sight to reference who uses what symbol:

Roundels Of The World

http://cocardes.mond...en/accueil.html

This post has been edited by Bob B: 14 March 2008 - 1032 AM

[LeoTanker]

Chris Werb, on Fri 14 Mar 2008 0244, said:

And slightly gay. :)

Agreed. The good ol´communist (ok, Tzarist) star is mouch more brutal and better looking. Lets hope they either keep it or come up with something waaay better than this..

[Gavin-Phillips]

I liked the hammer & sickle symbol much better for some reason.

Anyone know the background & history attached to that one?

[gnocci]

Gavin-Phillips, on Sun 16 Mar 2008 1612, said:

I liked the hammer & sickle symbol much better for some reason.
Anyone know the background & history attached to that one?

That's no military marking. It was a russian communist symbol, representing the union of workers and peasant (there were other variations, with cogs instead hammers, plowshares instead of sickles, etc.). Later it made it's way into Soviet flag and coat of arms (with the first Soviet constitution, in the mid 20s).

[Tuccy]

That tricolor star is fugly. Keep the red one, after all there's still Soyuz nierushimyi as national anthem so what? ;)