Most common roundels applied to the fuselage, wings, vertical and horizontal stabs;

variants;

Regular tail colors - simple the Russian flag rotated at 90 degr.; the same colors as other Entente countries had.

The Russian Empire Emblem. It positioned at front of a plane nose.
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Tail image "Adam's head" of the staff of 1st combat air group ( 1BAG ) , consisting of 19KAO, 2KAO, 4KAO.

Tail images "Adam's head" of the elite 19th corps air squadron ( 19KAO ) of 1BAG .

Tail image of 4th corps air squadron ( 4KAO ) of 1BAG .

Tail image of 15th fighter air squadron ( 15AOI ) of 4BAG .

Tail image of separate 7th fighter air squadron ( 7AOI )

Fuselage insignia of Air Ships Squadron, which consisted of 1st world 4-engined heavy bombers Ilya Murometz and support planes.

Mark of naval planes: combat Russian fleet flag - St. Andrew cross.

Rare tail and fuselage marks of unknown (naval?) unit.

After the bolshevik revolution, sometimes old imperial roundels were repaint in red.

Red army symbols of 1917.

White army symbols (along with old imperial roundels and together with tri-colored tail) of Don Republic (cossaks) and admiral Kolchak's (Siberia).

Russian flag positioned at the fuselage (Kolchak army).

White stripes at nose and tail (together with tsarist roundels at wings) of general Denikin planes (South Russia), supported by RAF.

Early Red navy simbols (together with red stars).

Early insignias of former Russian Empire parts:

Georgia
Poland
Finland
Latvia	,
Lithuania	,
Estonia	,
Ukraine	,

Red stars after March-April 1918;

black outline was forbidden at Pacific theater;

During Great Patriotic War the victories were marked as corresponding number of little stars at the fuselage (more rare at the tail). The shared victories ususally were of another color.

Repainted American sign (white star in blue circle) at Lend-Leased aircrafts;

in 1943 red star outlined by thick white line and then by thin red line became the standart Soviet simbol. The insignias were applied to the fuselage sides (and/or vertical stabilizer), and the lower wing surfaces.

Guards' unit simbol. It applied to elite units appeared in Great Patriotic War (1941-45).
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If you have any info or pics on Russian paint schemes or marking - please send me it.

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