“He is the king of birds; just like the lion is believed to rule all animals, and he is associated with the cult of the sun,” Georgy Vilinbakhov, head of Russia’s Heraldic Council, explain ...

The double-headed eagle first appeared on the coat of arms ... which gradually made this animal a heraldic symbol of nobility and courage. There it was later adopted by the heir of the Roman ...

According to Yahoo News: A historical symbol of empire and dominance, the double-headed eagle on the fake seal resembles the bird on the coat of arms of the Russian Federation, which is an ...

The bicontinental nature of Russia, mirrored in its national symbol — a double-headed eagle looking in two opposite directions — tends to express itself now and again in substantial turns in ...