Coat of arms of Russia

The coat of arms of the Russian Federation (Герб России, Gerb Rossii), adopted in 1993, is derived from the coat of arms of the Russian Empire (abolished during the Russian Revolution of 1917). Although modified a lot of times since the reign of Ivan III (1462 - 1505), the current arms is directly derived from the medieval original, with the double-headed eagle having Byzantine and earlier antecedents from long before the emergence of any Russian state. The shape of the eagle can be traced back during the time of Peter I (1682–1725), but the eagle charge on the arms is golden rather than the traditional, imperial black.