In Pictures: Russia Celebrates National Flag Day - 22.08.2022, Sputnik International

On August 22, Russia marks National Flag Day. In his address to the nation marking the day, Russian President Vladimir Putin said the flag "symbolizes our faith in our traditional values that we will never give up – truth and justice, solidarity and mercy, and respect for Russia’s centuries-long uninterrupted history, the achievements and victories of our ancestors that inspire us to care for and defend our Motherland and never permit any foreign hegemony or diktat."

Check out Sputnik's gallery to see how Flag Day is celebrated.

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Russian soldiers and National Guard officers hold a huge tricolor near the Victory Museum in Moscow, August 22, 2022.

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Russian servicemen hold a huge Russian tricolor outside the Victory Museum in Moscow, August 22, 2022.

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Members of the "Young Guard - Youth Army" military-patriotic movement during Flag Day celebrations in Donetsk, DPR.

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Rescue workers from the Russian Emergency Situations Ministry raising the Russian tricolor in central Donetsk, DPR.

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School children watch as a massive Russian tricolor flag is unfolded outside the Victory Museum in Moscow.

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People form a flash mob dedicated to National Flag Day on Poklonnaya Hill in Moscow.

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National Flag Day celebrations in Donetsk, DPR.

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Russian servicemen are holding a giant tricolor flag outside the Victory Museum in Moscow

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Ice swimmers during a 2,500-meter swimming marathon in Siberia's Krasnoyarsk wave Russian tricolor flags.

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