Flag of Ukraine

Use	National flag and civil and state ensign.
Proportion	2:3
Adopted	January 28, 1992
Design	A blue and yellow bicolor.

The Flag of Ukraine (Ukrainian: Державний Прапор України; translit.: Derzhavnyi Prapor Ukrainy; literally: State Flag of Ukraine) is the Ukrainian nation's national flag. The national flag was officially adopted for the first time in 1918 by a short-lived Ukrainian People's Republic. At that time the commonly used yellow-blue flag had already turned into blue and yellow and sported a Tryzub in the upper left corner. The insignia remained unchanged by the successive government of Pavlo Skoropadsky, and then by Directorate of Ukraine. Image File history File links Flag_of_Ukraine. ... The design and description of flags typically uses specialised flag terminology with precise and technical meanings, and is hence a form of jargon. ... The Dannebrog, national flag of Denmark, is the oldest state flag still in use. ... It has been suggested that the section intro from the article Civil flag be merged into this article or section. ... The civil ensign (a. ... Ensign of the Russian Navy An ensign is a distinguishing flag of a ship or a military unit, or a distinguishing token, emblem, or badge, such as a symbol of office. ... Ensign of the Imperial Japanese Navy. ... Image File history File links FIAV_111110. ... is the 28th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar). ... For other uses, see Blue (disambiguation). ... A yellow Tulip. ... Romanization or Latinization of Ukrainian denotes a system for representing the Ukrainian language in Latin letters. ... Anthem Ще не вмерла України ні слава, ні воля(Ukrainian) Shche ne vmerla Ukrayiny ni slava, ni volya(transliteration) Ukraines glory has not yet perished, nor her freedom Ukraine() on the European continent() Capital (and largest city) Kiev (Kyiv) Official languages Ukrainian Demonym Ukrainian Government Semi-presidential system  -  President Viktor Yushchenko  -  Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych Independence from... 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... Ukrainian Peoples Republic (Ukrainian: ), also sometimes translated as Ukrainian National Republic, abbreviated UNR (УНР), was a republic in part of the territory of modern Ukraine after the Russian Revolution, eventually headed by Symon Petliura. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Flag Capital Kyiv Government Monarchy Hetman Pavlo Skoropadsky History  - Established April, 1918  - Disestablished December, 1918 Ukrainian State (Ukrainian: , Ukrains’ka Derzhava) or The Hetmanate (Ukrainian: , Het’manat) was a short-lived polity in Ukraine, installed under support of the Central powers by Ukrainian Cossacks and military organizations after disbanding the... Pavlo Skoropadsky Pavlo Skoropadsky (Ukrainian: Павло Скоропадський, also spelled Pavel Skoropadsky or Skoropadski, born: May 3, 1873, in Wiesbaden, Germany, died: April 26, 1945, Metten monastery clinic, Bavaria, Germany) was a Ukrainian politician. ... The Directorate, or Directory (Директория, Dyrektoriya), was a government of the Ukrainian National Republic formed in 1918 in rebellion against Skoropadskys Hetmanate. ...

Under Soviet rule, bolsheviks had been using red and later red-blue flags as the official Flag of Ukrainian SSR. The blue and yellow flag was forbidden as a symbol of nationalism. It was officially restored in 1992 following Ukrainian independence. “CCCP” redirects here. ... Bolshevik Party Meeting. ... Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic This flag was adopted by the Ukrainian SSR on November 21, 1949. ... Eugène Delacroixs Liberty Leading the People, symbolising French nationalism during the July Revolution 1830. ... Year 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar). ...

Article 20 of the Constitution of Ukraine states: June 28, 1996. ...

...Державний Прапор України – стяг із двох рівновеликих горизонтальних смуг синього і жовтого кольорів.

Translation: The State Flag of Ukraine is a banner of two equally sized horizontal bands of blue and yellow.

History

Azure flag of Halych-Volhynia with a golden lion.

Traditional motive of the flags in the Cossack Hetmanate.

Yellow-blue and red-black Cossack flags at Reply of the Zaporozhian Cossacks painting by Ilya Repin, 1880-1891.

The naval flag of the Ukrainian People's Republic.

The roots of Ukrainian national symbols are coming from before-Christianity times when yellow and blue colors were prevailing in traditional ceremonies, reflecting fire and water.^[1] Image File history File links Alex_K_Halych-Volhynia-flag. ... Image File history File links Alex_K_Halych-Volhynia-flag. ... Coat of arms The Halych-Volhynian Kingdom. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Cossack_Hetmanat. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Cossack_Hetmanat. ... This article is about the Cossack republic of 1654 to 1775. ... The Reply of the Zaporozhian Cossacks to Sultan of Turkey (1880-91). ... The Reply of the Zaporozhian Cossacks to Sultan of Turkey (1880-91). ... Reply of the Zaporozhian Cossacks to Sultan Mehmed IV of Turkey is a famous painting by the Russian artist Ilya Repin. ... Ilyá Yefímovich Répin (Илья́ Ефи́мович Ре́пин) (August 5, 1844 (Julian calendar: July 24) – September 29, 1930) was a leading Russian painter and sculptor of the Peredvizhniki artistic... Image File history File links Flag_of_Ukrainian_People's_Republic. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Ukrainian_People's_Republic. ... Image File history File links FIAV_historical. ... Ukrainian Peoples Republic (Ukrainian: ), also sometimes translated as Ukrainian National Republic, abbreviated UNR (УНР), was a republic in part of the territory of modern Ukraine after the Russian Revolution, eventually headed by Symon Petliura. ...

In Kievan Rus' times, yellow and blue continued to be popular. These colours were used on the banners of the Halych-Volhynia principality in the 13th — 14th centuries. Trydent of Yaroslav I Map of the Kievan Rus′, 11th century Capital Kiev Religion Orthodox Christianity Government Monarchy Historical era Middle Ages  - Established 9th century  - Disestablished 12th century Currency Hryvnia Kievan Rus′ was the early, predominantly East Slavic[1] medieval state of Rurikid dynasty dominated by the city of Kiev... Coat of arms The Halych-Volhynian Kingdom. ...

Yellow-blue, red-black, crimson-olive and especially raspberry color banners were widely used by Cossacks between 16-18th centuries. These were not the only possible combinations, since normally Cossacks would fly their hetman's banners, which were similar to the coats of arms of the nobility. Also, yellow and blue were the colours common on coats of arms in Galicia. In fact, the coat of arms of Lviv to this day remains a golden lion on a blue field. For other uses, see Cossack (disambiguation). ... Hetman`s coat of arms Hetman Stanisław Koniecpolski of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth Hetman was the title of the second highest military commander (after the monarch) used in 15th to 18th century Poland and Grand Duchy of Lithuania, known from 1569 to 1795 as the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. ... For other uses, see Galicia. ... “Lvov” redirects here. ...

Some put the starting point of the current national flag of Ukraine in year 1848, when during the Spring of the Nations a yellow and blue banner flew over the Lviv magistrate for the first time. Although this move didn't have significant consequences, the newly formed Ukrainian divisions in the Austrian army used yellow and blue banners in their insignia. This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ...

It has to be noted that although most Ukrainians identify their flag in the verbal language as "yellow and lightblue" (Ukrainian: жовто-блакитний), the current flag in reality is blue (the top string) and yellow (the bottom string). The issue is quite notable, because the historical rotation of the flag (from yellow-blue to blue-yellow) did not affect the spoken language. Back in 1848 the flag was indeed yellow and blue, and it was later rotated to blue and yellow to be appealing to a common person. The common explanation of "blue sky above yellow field of wheat" was invented around that time, and, although it has nothing to do with the choice of colours and the history of the original yellow and blue banner, it certainly formed the flag as we know it today.

In the late 19th century, the Austro-Hungarian empire was much more tolerant toward the Ukrainian national movement than the Russian Empire concerning the flag. A lot of literary work was done there, thus spreading the idea to the rest of Ukraine. Austria-Hungary, also known as the Dual monarchy (or: the k. ...

Short independence: 1917–1920

Both, blue-yellow and yellow-blue flags were widely used during the Ukrainain struggle for independence in 1917-1920. Ukrainian territory was fought over by various factions after the Russian Revolution of 1917 and the First World War, which added the collapse of Austria-Hungary to that of the Imperial Russia. ...

At present, there are no reliable sources that indicate that an official flag was declared by Ukrainian People's Republic in 1917-1918. Some sources mention that the yellow-blue was adopted by Tsentralna Rada on March 22, 1918^[2] Other sources point out that no hard proof of such decision exists.^[3] Instead, they refer to the decision on Fleet Flag, which was set to be lightblue-yellow^[4] as an indication that the official flag was lightblue-yellow.^[5] Ukrainian Peoples Republic (Ukrainian: ), also sometimes translated as Ukrainian National Republic, abbreviated UNR (УНР), was a republic in part of the territory of modern Ukraine after the Russian Revolution, eventually headed by Symon Petliura. ... The Central Rada or Tsentralna Rada (Ukrainian: ) was a representative body formed in 1917 in Kiev (Kyiv) to govern the Ukrainian Peoples Republic— which was first an autonomous polity and then later a fully independent state. ... is the 81st day of the year (82nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ...

The official flag of Pavlo Skoropadsky's Hetmanate was blue-yellow and became lightblue-yellow under Semen Petlura's Directorate. The flag of West Ukrainian National Republic was blue and yellow. Pavlo Skoropadsky Pavlo Skoropadsky (Ukrainian: Павло Скоропадський, also spelled Pavel Skoropadsky or Skoropadski, born: May 3, 1873, in Wiesbaden, Germany, died: April 26, 1945, Metten monastery clinic, Bavaria, Germany) was a Ukrainian politician. ... Flag Capital Kyiv Government Monarchy Hetman Pavlo Skoropadsky History  - Established April, 1918  - Disestablished December, 1918 Ukrainian State (Ukrainian: , Ukrains’ka Derzhava) or The Hetmanate (Ukrainian: , Het’manat) was a short-lived polity in Ukraine, installed under support of the Central powers by Ukrainian Cossacks and military organizations after disbanding the... Symon Petlyura (Симон Петлюра; also spelt Simon, Semen, Semyen Petliura or Petlura, May 10, 1879 – May 25, 1926) was a Ukrainian politician. ... The Directorate, or Directory (Директория, Dyrektoriya), was a government of the Ukrainian National Republic formed in 1918 in rebellion against Skoropadskys Hetmanate. ... The West Ukrainian National Republic (Ukrainian: or ЗУНР, ZUNR; also translated West Ukrainian Peoples Republic) was a short-lived republic that existed in late 1918 and early 1919 in eastern Galicia, Bukovina and Transcarpathia and included the cities of Lviv, Kolomyya, and Stanislav. ...

Among Ukrainian immigrant organizations there were proponents of both blue-yellow and yellow-blue flags. Eventually, it was agreed to use the lightblue-yellow flag until the issue is resolved in the independent Ukraine.

Soviet Ukraine: 1922-1991

Main article: Flag of the Ukrainian SSR

The Soviet Ukraine similarly to other Soviet republics, used a red flag with golden abbreviation "УСРР" or "УРСР" (Ukrainian Socialist Soviet Republic or Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic) in the top left corner. In 1937 hammer and sickle symbol in gold was added to the flag. Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic The flag of the Ukrainian SSR was adopted as the official flag of the Ukrainian SSR on November 21, 1949. ... State motto: Пролетарі всіх країн, єднайтеся! Official language None. ... Soviet Union administrative divisions, 1989 In its final decades of its existence, the Soviet Union consisted of 15 Soviet Socialist Republics (SSR), often called simply Soviet republics. ... For other uses, see Hammer and sickle (disambiguation). ...

World War II

Various Ukrainian nationalist movements that functioned under German occupation used a blue-yellow (more often) or a yellow-blue flag. OUN (Melnyk's faction) added its symbol in the top left part. Ukrainian municipal and police bodies used the same flag, but its use depended on favor of local German (military) authorities. The police used arm-bands with yellow and blue stripes, which could look differently in different regions.^[6]

The Revolutionary Faction of OUN (Stepan bandera's faction) used a different flag, red-black.

Postwar Ukraine

In 1947 Soviet republics, including Ukraine, adopted new flags instead of previous featureless ones. The new Ukrainian flag consisted of a red (top, 2/3) and a blue (bottom, 1/3) stripes, with golden star, hammer and sickle in the top left corner.

Return of the national flag

Under the influence of Mikhail Gorbachev's Perestroika and Glasnost years, the individual Soviet republics had strengthened their sense of national unity, which led to the Collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. This concerned the three Baltic states and Western Ukraine, which were the last territories annexed into Soviet Union. These efforts were accompanied with attempts to restore the respective historical national symbols. In 1988, the Supreme Soviet of the Lithuanian SSR re-established Lithuania's historic coat of arms as the state symbol. The Parliaments of Latvia and Estonia soon followed. Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev (Russian: ), surname more accurately romanized as Gorbachyov; (born 2 March 1931) is a Russian politician. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... //   (Russian: IPA: ) is politics of maximal openness, transparency of activity of all official (governmental) institutes, and freedom of information. ... This is a history of the Soviet Union from 1985 to 1991. ... The three Baltic states: Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. ... The West Ukrainian National Republic (Ukrainian: or ЗУНР, ZUNR; also translated West Ukrainian Peoples Republic) was a short-lived republic that existed in late 1918 and early 1919 in eastern Galicia, Bukovina and Transcarpathia and included the cities of Lviv, Kolomyya, and Stanislav. ... The following is a list of Lithuanian rulers — grand dukes, kings, and presidents — when Lithuania was a sovereign state or was regarded as a separate entity (i. ... Vytis. ...

The Ukrainian flag flying on Maidan Nezalezhnosti.

The events in the Baltic countries soon lead to similar processes in Ukraine. Particularly, West Ukraine and Ukrainian SSR's capital Kiev (Kyiv) constantly held political demonstrations with the national yellow-and-blue flags waving above the heads of the demonstrators. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 536 pixelsFull resolution (3872 × 2592 pixel, file size: 2. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 536 pixelsFull resolution (3872 × 2592 pixel, file size: 2. ... Maidan Nezalezhnosti (literally: Independence Square ) is a main square in Kyiv, capital city of Ukraine. ... State motto: Пролетарі всіх країн, єднайтеся! Official language None. ... Map of Ukraine with Kiev highlighted Coordinates: , Country Ukraine Oblast Kiev City Municipality Raion Municipality Government  - Mayor Leonid Chernovetskyi Elevation 179 m (587 ft) Population (2006)  - City 4,450,968  - Density 3,299/km² (8,544. ...

• On March 20, 1990, the town council (mis’ka rada) of Ternopil voted upon the usage and re-establishment of the yellow-and-blue flag and the Tryzub as well as the national anthem Sche ne vmerla Ukrainy. On the same day, the yellow-and-blue national flag was flown for the first time in about 80 years on a governmental building in Kiev, replacing the then official red-and-blue flag of the Ukrainian SSR.

• On April 28, 1990, the Oblast Administration (oblasna rada) of Lvov (Lviv) also allowed the use of the national symbols of Ukraine within the Oblast.

• On April 29, 1990, the yellow-and-blue flag was flown from the Ternopil city theater's flagstaff without the official flag of the Soviet Union hanging above it.

• After July 24, 1990, the yellow-and-blue flag was flown for the first time over an official governmental building of the Kiev City Council on the Maidan Nezalezhnosti square of the Khreschatyk street.

• After the declaration of independence of Ukraine on August 24, 1991, the national yellow-and-blue flag flew for the first time over the Ukrainian Parliament (Verkhovna Rada) building on September 4, 1991.

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The 2:3 ratio of the flag of Ukraine. Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ...

Colors

Other that the statement of Ukrainian flag being "blue and yellow" the law of Ukraine is silent on the specifics of the blue and yellow colors. However, heraldic communities attempt to fill the gap and specify the "true" colors of the flag. In the table below the colors are given according to amateurs site vexilla-mundi.com: Heraldry in its most general sense encompasses all matters relating to the duties and responsibilities of officers of arms. ...

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Lighblue vs. darkblue

In Ukrainian and other Slavic languages, lightblue and darkblue colors are two main distinguishable colors. In English, there are commonly six colors of rainbow (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and violet), while in Ukrainian rainbow consists of seven colors, which blue being spitted into two. It creates the difficulty of translation of blue between Ukrainian and English languages. If blue is avoided for clarity, the official Ukrainian flag is darkblue-yellow, and in the spoken language it's commonly called yellow-lightblue. For other uses, see Rainbow (disambiguation). ...

References

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See also

• List of flags of Ukraine
• Coat of arms of Ukraine

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Flags of Ukraine The following is a list of flags of Ukraine. ... Small coat of Arms of Ukraine. ...

External links

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