Presidential Library's video lecture spotlighted the history of the coat of arms of Russia

On February 14, 2024, in the Presidential Library, as part of the video lecture Knowledge of Russia, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor, Academician of the Russian Academy of Arts and the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences Oleg Ulyanov gave a lecture “Coat of Arms of Russia (double-headed eagle): the Past and the Present”.

On November 30, 1993, the President of the Russian Federation signed the Decree “On the State Emblem of the Russian Federation”. On December 25, 2000, Federal Constitutional Law № 2-FKZ “On the State Emblem of the Russian Federation”, confirming the 1993 Decree of the President of Russia on the double-headed eagle as the official state symbol of the Russian Federation, was adopted. In 2024 it will be 325 years since the establishment of the coat of arms by Peter the Great. 

The main symbol of our Motherland - the double-headed eagle - has served Russia for centuries and retains its great significance today. What allowed Tsar Ivan III the Great to accept it as the state emblem of Russia? Why did Moscow, proclaimed the “Third Rome” inherit the coat of arms of Byzantium? How was this political act received in the international arena? Where are the most ancient images of the coat of arms of our country? What did its centuries-old history hide? This was discussed at the lecture “Coat of Arms of Russia (double-headed eagle): the Past and the Present”. 

The event is available on the institution’s Rutube-channel.