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MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti political commentator...
a loyal soldier and a triumphant warlord. In addition, the emperor ordered the eagle to be painted black, the color of courage, and he had the black bird placed in the air because the golden eagle had stood for protection of the nest, not for attack.Peter the Great's eagle marked Russia's new policy of expansion.
In the early 19th century, Emperor Alexander I decided that his empire, which occupied one third of the northern hemisphere, had reached its limits and ordered the golden color to be restored. He also had the scepter and orb replaced by lightning bolts, a torch, and a laurel wreath.
At that time, the Russian emblem promised its citizens the laurels of peace and the torch of enlightenment, and only its enemies the lightning of revenge should they dare to strike.
However, under Alexander II, Nikolai I, and Alexander III Russia continued to expand. It seized Dagestan and Azerbaijan in the Caucasus and started a war against Turkey, after
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