Name one of the colours on the flag of Ukraine.
"Flag of Ukraine The flag of Ukraine is a banner of two equally sized horizontal bands of blue and yellow (Constitution of Ukraine, ). Combination of blue and yellow as a symbol of Ukrainian lands comes from the flag of the Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia used in 12th century. As a national flag, the blue and yellow bicolour has been officially used since the 1848 Spring of Nations when it was hoisted over the Lviv Rathaus. It was officially adopted as a state flag for the first time in 1918 by the short-lived West Ukrainian People's Republic, and subsequently used by"
"Flag of the President of Ukraine The Flag (Standard) of the President of Ukraine () is the official flag of the President of Ukraine. The Presidential Flag of Ukraine was confirmed by the decree of the President of Ukraine as of November 29, 1999 and used during inaugural ceremony. It is the chairman of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine that presents it to the president. On delivering his inaugural address, the president takes a special seat at the session hall of the Verkhovna Rada next to which the president’s colour is placed. President’s colour represents a blue square cloth bearing"
"a National Colour, and thus has distinguishing featurers: Maroon and gold are the colors used in the military colors used in the Armed Forces of Ukraine, with origins in the Imperial Russian Army's Cossacks and Ukrainian units. In the observe the Coat of arms of Ukraine is at the center of an Orthodox Cross – both symbols form the emblem of the Armed Forces – with a St. Andrew's Cross under it with the same emblem in the sides, with the Armed Forces Motto (""For Ukraine, For its glory"") surrounding the emblem and crosses. The unit's name is in the"
"symbols, like the Victory Banner, are only allowed if located in a cemetery. Throughout the history of Ukraine, various heads of state have used different flags. The designs differ according to the historical era they were used in and in accordance with the political scene in Ukraine at the time. The first flag to be used by a head of state of Ukraine was that of Pavlo Skoropadskyi. The current design, the flag of the President of Ukraine, was adopted in 1991. Flag of Ukraine The flag of Ukraine is a banner of two equally sized horizontal bands of blue"
"and entertaining, and along with traditional Easter eggs (""pysanky""), it is a characteristic example of Ukrainian culture recognized and appreciated throughout the world. The national symbols of the Ukrainians are the Flag of Ukraine and the Coat of arms of Ukraine. The national flag of Ukraine is a blue and yellow bicolour rectangle. The colour fields are of same form and equal size. The colours of the flag represent a blue sky above yellow fields of wheat. The flag was designed for the convention of the Supreme Ruthenian Council, meeting in Lviv in October 1848. Its colours were based on"
"reality, however, the blue-yellow coloring dates back to Kyivan Ruthenia, as an early version of the Tryzub, Ukraine's national coat of arms, sported the same coloring as the seal for Sviatoslav I of Kyiv (945). Ukrainians commonly refer to the flag as yellow and light blue (жовто-блакитний, ""zhovto-blakytnyi"")—a different version of the flag used during UNR (Ukrainian National Republic) years (1917–1921) with yellow on the top and blue on the bottom. The yellow on the top represents golden domes (cupolas) of Christian churches and the blue the Dnieper river. It has to be noted that although most Ukrainians identify their"
"National colours of Ukraine The national colours of Ukraine are usually identified as the combination of blue and gold in that order. These colours are the same as in the flag of Ukraine. The roots of Ukrainian national colours come from before Christian times when yellow and blue prevailed in traditional ceremonies, reflecting fire and water. The most solid proof of yellow and blue colours could be traced as far as the Battle of Grunwald at which participated militia formations from various lands of the Polish-Lithuanian Union. In maps of the 19th and 20th centuries, the territories of Ukraine were"
"the lion of Lviv. Coat of arms of Ukraine The state coat of arms of Ukraine ( ""Derzhavnyi Herb Ukraiyny""), officially referred to as the Sign of the Princely State of Volodymyr the Great (Constitution of Ukraine, Article 20) or commonly the Tryzub (, ""trident"") is the national coat of arms of Ukraine, featuring the same colors found on the Ukrainian flag; a blue shield with a gold trident. It appears on the Presidential standard of Ukraine. Blue coloured tridents are considered to be irregular representation by the Ukrainian Heraldry Society. The small coat of arms was officially adopted on"
"was agreed to use the blue–yellow flag until the issue was resolved in the independent Ukraine. The first flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic was adopted on March 10, 1919, to serve as the symbol of state of the Soviet Ukraine. Details of the official flag changed periodically before the break-up of the Soviet Union in 1991, but all were based on the red flag of the October Revolution in Russia and an exact replica of the Soviet Russia. The first flag was red with the gold Cyrillic sans-serif letters У.С.С.Р. (USSR, acronym for Ukrayinskaya Sotsialisticheskaya Sovetskaya Respublika in"
"the coat-of-arms of the Galicia-Volhynia Principality. The Coat of arms of Ukraine features the same colours found on the Ukrainian flag: a blue shield with yellow trident—the symbol of ancient Slavic tribes that once lived in Ukraine, later adopted by Ruthenian and Kievan Rus rulers. Ukrainians Ukrainians (, ""ukrayintsi"", ) are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Ukraine, which is by total population the sixth-largest nation in Europe. The Constitution of Ukraine applies the term 'Ukrainians' to all its citizens. The people of Ukraine have historically been known as ""Rusyns (Ruthenians)"" and ""Cossacks"", among others. According to most dictionary"
"Coat of arms of Ukraine The state coat of arms of Ukraine ( ""Derzhavnyi Herb Ukraiyny""), officially referred to as the Sign of the Princely State of Volodymyr the Great (Constitution of Ukraine, Article 20) or commonly the Tryzub (, ""trident"") is the national coat of arms of Ukraine, featuring the same colors found on the Ukrainian flag; a blue shield with a gold trident. It appears on the Presidential standard of Ukraine. Blue coloured tridents are considered to be irregular representation by the Ukrainian Heraldry Society. The small coat of arms was officially adopted on 19 February 1992, while"
"health. Ukraine's state coat of arms feature the same colours found on the Ukrainian flag; a blue shield with gold trident, called the tryzub, which means ""three teeth."" It represents the triune God on earth and in heaven. It appears on the Presidential standard of Ukraine. Blue coloured tridents are considered to be irregular representation by the Ukrainian Heraldry Society. In addition to the Hero of Ukraine Order, decorations that include or consist of the national colours are the Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, Order of Liberty, Order of Danylo Halytsky, Order of Merit, Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky and"
"part of Ukraine. Both blue–yellow and yellow–blue flags were widely used during the Ukrainian struggle for independence in 1917. For the first time in the Russian Empire the blue-yellow flag was flown on March 25, 1917 in Petrograd during a 20-thousand people mass demonstration. On the territory of the Russian Ukraine (Little Russia) the national flag of Ukraine was flown for the first time in Kiev on March 29, 1917 by soldiers. On April 1, 1917 Kiev saw a 100-thousand people demonstration that carried over 320 national flags. After that similar demonstration with Ukrainian flags took place across the whole"
"of 1943. Its official date of creation is October 14, 1942,[1] day of Intercession of the Theotokos feast. The battle flag of the UPA was a 2:3 ratio red-and-black banner. The flag continues to be a symbol of the Ukrainian nationalist movement. The colours of the flag symbolise 'Ukrainian red blood spilled on Ukrainian black earth'. In 1949, the flag of the Soviet Ukraine was changed once again. The Soviet Union managed to obtain two additional seats in the United Nations by adding as members Ukraine along with Byelorussia. The change was due to the fact that all the Soviet"
"This livery has been in use since the late 1990s. The tail was white with two thick blue lines, which tapered from the rear of the tail and met at point towards the front bottom. National colours of Ukraine The national colours of Ukraine are usually identified as the combination of blue and gold in that order. These colours are the same as in the flag of Ukraine. The roots of Ukrainian national colours come from before Christian times when yellow and blue prevailed in traditional ceremonies, reflecting fire and water. The most solid proof of yellow and blue colours"
"flags were the same. The new Ukrainian flag consisted of a red (top, 2/3) and a azure (bottom, 1/3) stripes, with the golden star, hammer and sickle in the top left corner. The Communist party leaders such as Khrushchev and Kaganovich were afraid of using words ""light blue"" and ""blue"" which were used by the Ukrainian diaspora. During the Soviet period, there were multiple unsanctioned attempts to hoist the national blue-and-yellow flag. In 1958 in village of Verbytsia, there was established an underground group, members of which at night were raising national flags and spread anti-Soviet pamphlets. Under the influence"
"the golden trident in the center – the Sign of Prince Volodymyr the Great’s State, edged with gold vegetative ornament. Two-sided silken cloth was embroidered with the use of computer technologies. One side of the President’s colour bears more than a million stitches of a pure gold and yellow gold threads. The embroidered trident has volume due to a special lining. And the flags of the British Queen, US and French Presidents are made with the use of the same technology. Flag of the President of Ukraine The Flag (Standard) of the President of Ukraine () is the official flag"
"be described as ""per pall fesswise Or and gules, a fesswise pall azure."" As most of the Ukrainian municipal flags are the ratio of the flag of Kropyvnytskyi is 1:1. It usually has decorative edging and is hoisted on a staff with a cross-bar. In this case the Ukrainian Heraldry Portal prefers to use the term ""khoruhva"" (Ukrainian ""хоругва"") which could be translated in English as ""a gonfalon"". The flag of Kropyvnytskyi utilizes the symbols found on the city's historical coats of arms and its current one, particularly the colours (with a switch from red to crimson) and the monogram"
"Shevchenko National Prize In many international team sports Ukraine (such as in the Olympic Games), colours used for the team are yellow and blue, where the blue is often a very dark blue. These include National Olympic Committee of Ukraine, Ukraine men's national ice hockey team, Ukraine national basketball team, Ukraine national football team, and Ukraine national bandy team. The club team FC Metalist Kharkiv has also adopted these colours. Ukraine International Airlines current livery is a ""Eurowhite"" scheme, comprising a white fuselage with UIA titles and a Ukrainian flag. The tail is blue with yellow line across the it."
"or mourning. Nationwide, this action is proclaimed by the president. Half-mast means the flag is flown two-thirds of the way up the flagpole with at least the height of the flag between the top of the flag and the top of the flagpole. Black ribbons indicate mourning on banners that can't be lowered to halfmast. August 23 is celebrated as the Day of the National Flag in Ukraine; beginning with 2004. July 24 was previously marked as National Flag Day in Kiev. The first ceremonial raising of the yellow-and-blue Ukrainian flag in modern times took place on July 24, 1990"
"reverse. The same design is used in the National Guard of Ukraine but in blue and with the new grenade badge. Active duty NG units sport dark blue colors with the cross, grenade and the coat of arms at the corners. Only the 93rd Mechanized Brigade (Ground Forces), the Ukrainian Air Assault Forces and the Ukrainian Naval Infantry have been granted additional colours so far in addition to the official maroon unit colours. The State Border Guard Service of Ukraine shares a similar colour design to the Armed Forces but with the green colour added to distinguish its units. The"
"flags would be at half-mast), can be declared at the discretion of the Cabinet of Ministers. When flags are required to be flown at half-mast, vertical flags are not lowered. A black mourning ribbon is instead attached, either atop the mast (if hung from a pole) or to each end of the flag's supporting cross-beams (if flown like a banner). The roots of Ukrainian national symbols come from before Christian times when yellow and blue prevailed in traditional ceremonies, reflecting fire and water. The most solid proof of yellow and blue colours could be traced as far as the Battle"
"(1x2 m) with a dark-blue circle in the middle where a friendly handshake of two hands is depicted. The top and bottom edges of the flag covered by red lanes in 1/8 of the flag's width. During the Ukrainian presidential election, 2004 the party supported Viktor Yanukovych. Following the 2014 Russian annexation of Crimea party leader Lev Mirimsky and his family moved to Kiev. (Where he spoke publicly against the annexation.) Mirimsky suddenly died of a heart-attack on 27 April 2017 (at the age of 57). He was buried at Kiev's Baikove Cemetery. During the Ukrainian parliamentary election, 1998 the"
"once more painted by unknown perpetrators, this time the statue of one of the soldiers and the flag above it were painted in the national colours of Ukraine. The phrase ""Glory to Ukraine"" was written in Ukrainian on the monument, as well as an obscene reference to Russian President Vladimir Putin who was called ""Kaputin"" (from the German kaput, which means broken). The act was in support of the 2014 Ukrainian Revolution. The same day a photo of the painted monument became Best of the day in Euronews with the title: ""Bulgaria:"" Glory to Ukraine. "" On February 24, the"
"star, a sunrise and ears of wheat on its outer rims. The rising sun stands for the future of the Soviet Ukrainian nation, the star as well as the hammer and sickle for the victory of communism and the ""world-wide socialist community of states"". The banner bears the Soviet Union state motto (""Workers of the world, unite!"") in both the Ukrainian and Russian languages. The name of the Ukrainian SSR is shown only in Ukrainian. After independence on August 24, 1991, Ukraine retained the Soviet emblem. The next year, in 1992, the emblem was changed to the present coat of"
"of ""such"" decision exists. Instead, they refer to the decision on the Fleet Flag, which was set to be light blue–yellow as an indication that the official flag was light blue–yellow. Also were adopted other service flags of the Ukrainian People's Republic. The official flag of Pavlo Skoropadsky's Hetmanate also was light blue–yellow and became the same under Symon Petlura's Directorate. The flag of West Ukrainian National Republic was blue and yellow. The anarchist free-soviets that existed during the civil war used the black flag. Among Ukrainian immigrant organisations there were proponents of both blue–yellow and yellow–blue flags. Eventually, it"
"this 1919 flag, a flag in 1918 was used with red and blue, with yellow stripes in the canton. The first flag was red with the gold Cyrillic sans-serif letters У.С.С.Р. (""USSR"", acronym for ""Ukrayinskaya Sotsialisticheskaya Sovetskaya Respublika"" (Ukrainian Socialist Soviet Republic) in the Russian language). A decade later, the Ukrainian initials У.С.Р.Р. appeared (""USRR"", for ""Ukrayinsʹka Sotsialistychna Radyansʹka Respublika""). In the 1930s a gold border was added. In 1937, a new flag was adopted, with a small gold hammer and sickle added above the gold Cyrillic serif letters У.Р.С.Р. (the name had changed, transposing the second and third words)."
"of Ukrainian SSR was flown on top of the dome for over 50 years, until it was replaced by the yellow-and-blue national Flag of Ukraine, following Ukraine's attainment of independence in 1991. The dome's multicolored illumination at night provides a memorable view, one of Kiev's tourist attractions. The diameter of the plafond is 16 meters. In the center a crystal chandelier is located that, by its form, resembles a sunflower, a motif frequently featured in the Ukrainian folk arts. Based on this design, the illuminating plafond of the hall was installed with colored glass. The interior of the building is"
"of the current national flag of Ukraine to 1848 when, during the Spring of the Nations on 22 April 1848, a yellow and blue banner was adopted by the Main Ruthenian Council in Lemberg (Lviv), the capital of the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, and flew over the city's magistrate for the first time. Although this move did not have significant consequences, the newly formed Ukrainian divisions in the Austrian army used yellow and blue banners in their insignia. During the Russian Revolution of 1905, this flag started to be used by Ukrainians of the Dnieper Ukraine, or the Russian"
"Flag of Donetsk The flag of Donetsk, Ukraine, has two horizontal stripes with the shield (in heraldry, an ""escutcheon"") of the city's coat of arms overlaid centrally. A rectangular panel with a ratio of 1.5 length to 1.2 width (). The flag is divided horizontally into two equal parts, the top half colored azure and the bottom sable (black). Overlaid in the center lies the shield (escutcheon) from the coat of arms of Donetsk. The flag is hoist at the left, with the flagpole tipped. The shield is a pentagonal extension of a rectangle, with an Or (gold) hand clutching"
"of the flag have a yellow border. Flag of Cherkasy Oblast The flag of Cherkasy Oblast, Ukraine is the official flag of the Ukrainian province of Cherkasy. It was designed by ""Aleksandra"" and ""Mykolay Telizhenky"", and officially adopted by the resolution of a regional council № 15-3 on January 29, 1998. The flag is a rectangular panel, with a ratio of width to its length, 2:3. The larger half of it has a dark blue color, which one symbolizes a celestial altitude and advantage. The center of the flag features the oblast's coat of arms and the Ukrainian letters: Черкаська"
"14 and 18) and afterwards must be exchanged for a new document. The current Ukrainian identity card takes the form of a credit card sized plastic card with an integrated contactless microchip on which personal data is held. The top of the card bears the coat of arms of Ukraine, the name of the country - Ukraine, and the words 'Passport of the Citizen of Ukraine' in both Ukrainian and English. The flag of Ukraine appears in the top right corner of the card, whilst the international symbol for biometric documents can be found in the top left corner. The"
"Flag of Crimea The flag of Crimea (; ; ) is the flag of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea claimed by Ukraine and the Republic of Crimea claimed by Russia. The flag was officially adopted on September 24, 1992 as the flag of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, readopted on April 21, 1999, then readopted on June 5, 2014 as flag of the Republic of Crimea, a Russian federal subject. The flag is a triband, striped horizontally in blue–white–red (the pan-Slavic colors). The blue stripe is located at the top edge and is 1/6 of the flag's width. The white"