Symbol of Russia

Countries of origin of Russian characters

Emblem

Byzantium, the eagle was a symbol of the late Roman Empire (Eastern and Western), and after the fall of the West became a symbol of the Byzantine Empire. The two-headed eagle was depicted on the family coat of arms of the Paleologic dynasty - the last imperial dynasty of Byzantium (1261-1453).

When the barbarian tribes (Germanic) conquered Rome, then there was the so-called 2nd Rome (2nd Reich) and was the Holy Roman Empire. Because Hitler proclaimed the 3rd Reich (3rd Rome). That is, the main world empire.

In Russia, first of all, Orthodoxy asserted that in fact 2nd Rome is Byzantium (the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire), 3rd Rome is Moscow, and there is no fourth.

Today we all call it "imperial ambitions".

Coat of arms of the Holy Roman Empire

Emblem of the Russian Empire

Flag of Russia

Peter the Great took Holland flag as a foundation and just switched colors.

flag of Holland

flag of Russia

Hymn

There were attempts to write a new one, but returned to the old hymn USSR.

Samovar

Source of origin - China, in Russia first references in the 18th century.

Chinese samovar

Russian samovar

Now we can see modern samovars of China and Russia. They before they developed to this kind, they were simpler and fundamentally similar.
Unfortunately, then there was no photo, so we can not see.
By the way, in Russia there are very different forms of samovar - in the form of a keg (marching), square ...

Matryoshka

Counrty of origin - Japan, in Russia the first mentions in 19th century.

Balalaika

Unknown, perhaps from Tatarstan, it is also possible that this is the Russian stylization of domra.
But it is possible that the idea itself is so simple that such stringed instruments appeared independently in different parts of the world. In this case, the triangular form, the three strings and the very principle of tuning and play are invented in Russia.

Vodka

The invention of vodka Mendeleev simply legend, in fact, he had nothing to do with vodka. A vodka was first produced and Italy, brought to Russia in 1386.

Promotion

There are many things that Russians invented, but today patents belong to Japanese, Americans ...
The idea was ours, and they untwisted and embodied.

As for nested dolls and samovar, then there is nothing wrong with the fact that Russia is known for what we did not come up with. If we did not untwist, these things would remain little-known.

Greatness of Russia

This indicates the integration of the countries of the world. About how we influence each other.
What does not make Russia less great. Great it do:

The largest area,
first cosmonaut,
Mendeleyev,
Popov,
Significant contribution to the world music, literature,
The best helicopters in Russia and USA, And there and there are Russian inventors,
the best search engine made in Russia and a native of Russia.

A lot more can be added (ballet, nuclear icebreakers, science ...)