Template documentation

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Template:Country data Russian Empire is an internal data container not intended to be transcluded directly. It is used indirectly by templates such as flag, flagicon, and others.

This template is within the scope of WikiProject Flag Template, a collaborative effort to maintain flag templates on Wikipedia. A more thorough discussion of the flag template system, including parameters not described here, can be found on the project page.

Standard parameters

Parameter name	Value	Meaning
`alias`	`Russian Empire`	Main article name (Russian Empire)
`shortname alias`	`Russia`	(optional) Display name to be used for the wikilink, if `alias` is a disambiguated article name, for example
`flag alias`	`Flag of Russia.svg`	Image name (File:Flag of Russia.svg, shown on right)

Flag variants

Label	Flag image (40px)	Image name
`1858`		`Romanov Flag.svg`
`naval`		`Naval Ensign of Russia.svg`
`navy`		`Naval Ensign of Russia.svg`
`air force`		`Russian Imperial Air force flash.svg`

Example usage

((flag|Russian Empire)) → Russian Empire
((flagicon|Russian Empire)) →
((flagcountry|Russian Empire)) → Russia

Using a flag variant

((flag|Russian Empire|1858)) → Russian Empire
((flagicon|Russian Empire|1858)) →

Military ensigns

This template includes a naval flag variant that can be used with Template:Naval:

((naval|Russian Empire)) → Imperial Russian Navy
((flagicon|Russian Empire|naval)) →

This template includes an air force ensign flag variant that can be used with Template:Air force:

((air force|Russian Empire)) → Imperial Russian Air Service
((flagicon|Russian Empire|air force)) →

This template includes an ensign flag variant that can be used with Template:Navy:

((navy|Russian Empire)) → Imperial Russian Navy
((flagicon|Russian Empire|navy)) →

This nation's army ensign is the same as its national flag, so Template:Army produces the following:

((army|Russian Empire)) → Imperial Russian Army

Related templates

Please see the following related country_data templates:

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Country data Russian Empire in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for Country data Russian Empire

This template should not be used directly. It is used indirectly by flag templates such as Template:Flag and Template:Flagicon. See Category:Flag template system for a full list of flag templates and Wikipedia:WikiProject Flag Template for further documentation.

Template parameters[Edit template data]
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
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