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The golden double-headed eagle upon red background maintains historical tradition of chromatic gamut of the coats of arms of the fifteenth-seventeenth centuries. The image of the eagle can be traced back to the pictures of the epoch of Peter the Great. Above the heads of the eagle there are presented three historical crowns of Peter the Great as symbols of the sovereignty under new circumstances both in Russian Federation as a whole and in its parts, so called subjects of Federation. In its slaws the eagle has sceptre and orb as embodiment of State power and united state; on its breast there is a rider striking a dragon with his lance. This is one of the oldest symbols of the struggle of good against evil, light against gloom, the symbol of defense of fatherland.
The reinstatement of double-headed eagle of National Emblem of Russia signifies continuity of national history. Contemporary National Emblem of Russia is a new emblem, but its main elements are absolutely traditional; it reflects different periods of Russian history and develops them on the eve of the new millenium.
911 - Oleg, a settler in Kiev, made a treaty with the Byzantines (first reliable date in Russia's history)
945 - Igor, Oleg's successor, completed the treaty which contained 3 Slavonic and 50 Norse names
988-989 - St. Vladimir accepts the Christian faith for Russia; the service was taken from the Byzantines but was able to be read in vernacular due to a translation by Slavic apostles in the 9th century
1037-c.1237 - the Russian Church was ruled by Constantinople; as a result, bishops and almost all metropolitans were Greeks
1015 - Vladimir dies
To find out more about Russian Tsars see this page: http://webpub.alleg.edu/group/hulmer/history.html