Apparently the Scottish navy used a red field with the white-on-blue flag in the corner.Īssuming Peter, being Peter and therefore rather stubborn, stuck to his flag (which he was very fond of,) you would have the Russians flying an enlarged version of the Scottish saltire as their naval flag, as well as the national flag of Scotland. However, that doesn't change the actual point, since I would assume the POD is further back.ĭoing a little reading, this could result in some highly amusing interactions at sea. A similar design (with the cross not reaching the edges of the flag) was in use since the mid-late 1600's, although at that point Russia didn't have an 'official' naval flag since it's navy consisted of something like three actual seagoing ships, and the government in Moscow liked to pretend the ocean (and everything outside of Russia) didn't exist. Andrew is the patron saint of Russia as well as MiscreantĬlose.
Andrew's cross, and I think it's a bit.Off to describe it as a 'reversed Scottish flag', since St.
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