What does the Russian national emblem (double eagle) stand for?

After the disintegration of the Soviet Union, the Russian Federation changed its national flag and national emblem. On June 1699, the national flag was changed to a tricolor flag composed of white, blue and red stripes drawn by Peter the Great himself. The national emblem has been restored to the pattern of the national emblem before the October Revolution: a double-headed eagle stands on a red shield, its head is decorated with three crowns of Peter the Great, its claws are decorated with a scepter and a golden ball symbolizing imperial power, and a knight stands on its chest.

The design of this double-headed eagle was originally the national emblem of the Byzantine Empire, that is, the Eastern Roman Empire. The Byzantine Empire was once a great empire spanning Europe and Asia, and many nationalities lived in its occupied land, such as Greeks, Armenians, Turks, Slavs and so on. The double-headed eagle looks west and east, symbolizing the unity of the two continents and the unity of all ethnic groups.

1453, Ottoman Turks captured Constantinople, the capital of Byzantium. The Byzantine emperor Constantine Xi died, and only two younger brothers among his close relatives are still alive. One of them later surrendered to the Ottoman Turkish Empire, and the other fled to Rome with her two sons and daughter Sophia Paleolog. Later, two sons and a daughter were raised by the Pope after their father died.

When she grew up, Sophia was beautiful, intelligent and politically gifted. Roman politicians at that time were very worried about the expansion of Ottoman Turkey, and they wanted to use Russian military power to contain Ottoman Turkey. So he married Sophia to Russian Ivan III of Russia, the Grand Duke of Moscow. A very grand wedding was held in Ivan III of Russia, Russia, and Sophia brought the Byzantine double-headed eagle emblem to Russia as a legacy.

Sophia helped Ivan III of Russia in Russia to basically unify Russian land and form a unified country with a vast territory. This is also a prosperous period in Russian history. 1480, the symbol of the double-headed eagle appeared on the hot spring tower of the Kremlin. 1497, the double-headed eagle first appeared on the Russian national seal as the national emblem. It was not until the October Revolution of 19 17 that the double-headed eagle emblem was abolished. The double-headed eagle emblem on the Kremlin tower was removed on 1935. Now, this double-headed eagle emblem, which has been abolished for 75 years, has become a symbol of the Russian state.