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Former and
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Kiev |
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Krim |
Podolsk |
Volinsk |
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Kievan Rus’ At the
beginning of the ninth century a Swedish adventurer, Rurik, founded a
settlement at Lake Ladoga. He was the founder of the Gardarike, the later Empire of Novgorod and the ancestor of the House
of Rurik that would rule in Russia until the 16th century. The son
of Rurik, Igor, settled at the middle course of the Dnjepr at the confluence
of the Desna and founded the city of Kånugard or Kiev in 882. Around this
settlement an empire developed which was extended by the successors of Igor
until it reached from the Wolga in the north to the Dnjestr in the
south. The first
prince from the House of Rurik using a personal emblem was Svyatoslav I the
Conqueror. He is said to have had banners decorated with a trident. A coin of
him and a bone plaque ascribed to him however show quite clearly a bident.
Coin of Svyatoslav I, dated 972
Bone plaque ascribed to Svyatoslav I or Yaropolk Found in Fort Sarkel (Belaja Wezi-(Wolgograd)) |
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Reverse of srebrenik of Vladimir the Great (958-1015)
now in the Odessa Numismatics Museum. Vladimir's effigy on one
of his coins. He is crowned in the Byzantine style, holding a
cross-mounted staff in one hand and holding a trident in the other. Such personal emblems, which we shall call a trizub even when many of them have
little of a trident, were also used by the successors of Svyatoslav. From the
end of the 10th century until the reign of Mstislav I the emblem indeed had
the form of a trident which has given rise to many hypotheses of its meaning
and origin: “A trident was the symbol of Poseidon, the
sea god of Greek mythology. It has been found in different societies, such as
the Bosporan Kingdom and the Pontic Kingdom, the Greek colonies on the Black
Sea (see Ancient states on the northern Black Sea coast), Byzantium,
Scandinavia, and Sarmatia, and has been used in various ways: as a religious
and military emblem, a heraldic symbol, a state emblem, a monogram, and
simply a decorative ornament. The oldest examples of the trident discovered
by archeologists on Ukrainian territory date back to the 1st century AD. At
that time the trident probably served as a symbol of power in one of the
tribes that later became part of the Ukrainian people.” [1] Another hypothesis for example was that this form
was a monogram of the word ‘Vladimir’. [2] After the middle of the 12th century the form of the
trident was abandoned.
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The trident was stamped on the gold and
silver coins issued by Prince Volodymyr the Great (980–1015) and was passed
as a kind of dynastic coat of arms to his sons, Sviatopolk I (1015–19) and Yaroslav the Wise (1019–54)
The trident was stamped on the gold and
silver coins issued by Prince Volodymyr the Great (980–1015) and was passed as a
kind of dynastic coat of arms to his sons, Sviatopolk I (1015–19) and Yaroslav the Wise (1019–54)
Vladimir Svyatoslav (970 ca) Sviatopolk (1000 ca) The trizub appeared not only on coins but
also on the bricks of the Church of the Tithes in Kiev (986–96)
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Iziaslav Yaroslavych (1054–78), Sviatopolk II Iziaslavych (1093–1113), and Lev Danylovych (1264–1301) used the bident as
their coat of arms. The trident continued to be used by some ruling families
as a dynastic coat of arms until the 15th century. It is on the tiles of the Dormition Cathedral in
Volodymyr-Volynskyi
(1160), and the stones of other churches, castles, and palaces. It was also
used as a decorative element on ceramics, weapons, rings, medallions, seals,
and manuscripts. Because of its wide use in Kyivan Rus’ the trident evolved
in many directions without losing its basic structure. Some of the variations
include the bident, the trident with a cross on one of the arms or at the
side, and the trident with a half-moon. The trident was also used as a
religious symbol in Ukrainian folklore and church heraldry. Almost
200 medieval variations on the trident have been discovered. [3] In 989
Prince Voloymyr was baptised and as a consequence his subjects also became
christians. Monasteries and churches were built and apparently patron saints
were adopted. This can be seen on a relief from a church dedicated to St.
Demetrios of Thessalonike which was founded by Izyaslav I
(Demetrius) (1054-’78).
This represents St. George and St. Theodore, the patron saints of the Church
of Rome and of Byzantium, each slaying a dragon, symbol of paganism. This
introduced national symbols besides the earlier personal symbols of the
princes of the Kievan Rus’. |
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The Saints George and Theodore slaying dragons Kievan Rus’ mid 11th-early 12th
century (112 Î 218 cm) [4] The idea
was also adopted on the seal of Mstislav the Great. This shows also a saint
spearimg a dragon, but it may depend from the international (or dynastic)
orientation of Mstislav if St. George or St. Theodore is represented.
Seal of Mstislav the Great (1125-’32) St. George killing the
dragon [5] A knight
on horseback spearing a dragon was later adopted as the patron saint of
Moscow. In the first half of the 13th century the Khanate of
the Golden Horde was founded on the territories of the Russian principalities
and in the south of present Ukraine. The Russian Principalities were vassals
of this Khanate. Their rulers had
coats of arms western style, showing lions and eagles and the prince of
Galicia, crowned Lord of All Russian in 1245 even had a two-headed eagle for
badge of rank. The Golden Horde announced itself with a
golden/yellow flag charged with a crescent and a tamgha or mongolian seal. It is represented on Catalan portolans of the 14th century. |
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The Khan of the Golden Horde on a 14th century portolan today in the Museu Maritim de Barcelona In the 14th century Lithuania pushed forward to the south
at the expense of the Golden Horde. In 1365-’70 Kiev was captured and in 1398
the border between Lithuania and the Golden Horde was at the Dnjepr.
Coin of Kestutis 1345-‘82 Showing his personal emblem The grand princes of Lithuania had personal emblems
very much in the tradition of the trizubs of the former grand princes of
Kiev and of the tamgha’s of the
Khans of the Golden Horde. In a heraldised form they can be found in the
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Jogaila 1377-1392 |
Vytautas 1392-1430 |
Svitrigaila 1430-1432 |
Sigismund 1432-1440 |
Kasimir 1440-1492 |
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The golden patriarchal cross and the so-called Piles
of Gedymin have been used by the grand princes of Lithuania and their
successors. Æ See
Lithuania (Rulers) |
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The
Zaporozhian Host |
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After the establishment of the personal union
between Poland and Lithuania the newly captured territories were colonized by
the Polish nobility. In this time the region received its name “Ukraine” meaning “bordeland”. The
peasants of Ukraine considered themselves to be free men and for that reason
offered great resistance to the Polish nobility trying to submit them. Many
peasants took refuge in the south and settled below the great falls of the
Dnjepr. For that reason they were called the “yeomen of below the falls”
(from polish za poroge = on the
other side of the cataracts and turkic kazakh
= yeoman). To be able to defend themselves
against the Polish nobility pushing forward and the Khanate on the other side
the Zaporozhian Cossacks were organised in bands commanded by a hetman or ataman. They succeeded for a lomg time to be free of strange
domination amongst others by playing off the great powers of Livonia, Moscow
and the Ottoman Empire against each other. In 1576
the Polish king and Lithuanian Grand Duke Stephan Bathory granted a coat of arms to the Zaporozhian Cossacks
as a reward ‘for bravery in defending Christianity by combating the Ottoman
empire and the Crimean khanate at sea and on land.’ |
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Seal of the Zaporozhian Host, 1596 Arms: Or, a
knight cossack with musket vested Gules. Legend:
È KOPNA VOISKA
ZAPOROZH-SKOGO
Cossack arms, 1622 Polish
politics were directed to curtail the liberties of the Cossacks within its
sphere of influence as much as possibe. Everything was done to undermine the autonomy
of the Zaparoghian Cossacks of the Sich
(the ‘reclamation’ in the south). These politics were so succesful that the
Cossacks revolted in 1648 under their hetman Bogdan Khmelnitsky. In the
summer of that year cossack bands scourged
Poland and Lithuania. In October the rebels took Kiev. In 1650
Khmelnitsky, profiting of a lapse in the combat, founded an independendent
state called “Zaporozhian Host” (Війська Запорозького). He himself became its hetman and the government consisted of
a chancelor, an intendant, a supreme judge and two adjutants. The country was
divided in regiments, each subdivided in centurios. For arms
of the state the arms with the cossack was adopted. |
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The banner of the Zaporozhian
Host showed a square cross and a crescent surrounded by ten six-pointed
stars. The cross-and-crescent was a figure that dated back to the middle of
the 14th century when it is the emblem on the flag of Poland.
Bogdan Khmelnytsky's banner that was taken at the battle
of Berestechko 1651 It was later taken by the
Swedes in Warsaw 1655 and is now to be seen at Armémuseum, Stockholm, Sweden. |
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On the flag the traditional Cossack
symbols of the cross, crescent and stars. On the flag the letters: Б.ХГ.В.З.Е.К.МЛС. – (Богдан Хмельницький, гетьман Війська Запорозького, его королівської милості. = Bogdan Khmelnitsky Hetman Zaporozhian Host His Royal Highness). The hetman, head of state, would use its
own coat of arms:
The arms of
Bogdan Zinovia Khmelnitsky, 1649.
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The
Russian Era 1667-1917 |
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The state
of the Zaporozhian Host was not to last long. On 9 February 1667 at the
Treaty of Andrusovo it was divided by Poland and Moscow in three parts. The
part west of the Dnjepr, without Kiev, came to Poland. The east came to
Moscow and the south kept its autonomy for the time being. Tsar
Alexander Michailovič was in the first place very happy with Kiev which,
after more than four hundred years came to a Russian dynasty again an which
had always been called Little Russia in Moscow. In the same year of the treaty
tsar Alexander styled himself ‘Grand Prince of Little Russia’ (великого князя Алекся Михайловича, всея Великие и Малые и Белые России самодержца) and ordered a seal with the
grand principality represented by a picture of Kiev. [8] The seal for Little Russia itself
showed the royal two-headed eagle for the first time with a sceptre and globe
in its claws.
Seal for Little Russia, 1667 Arms: Moscow. Supporters: A two-headed eagle crowned and recrowned, a
scepter in its right and a globe in its left claw Or. In the field: Below the Bulawa (hetman’s club) on a table between two nobles, the one on
the dexter keeping a cross-staf and the one on the sinister keeping a banner
with a russian cross, and another ten nobles four and six, all in full
official dress. [9] Legend: БЖ МЛ М ВЛ ЃД ЦР ІВ КН АЛ МХ ВС ВЛ ІМ ІЪ РС СМ ІМ ЃД ІЗ ВС ІЗ ІС ШЧ ІД ІН ІЃ ІШБ Later a
coat of arms was adopted for the new territory. It is in the so-called
“Titularnike” of 1672. It is the Archangel Michael on a blue field, the patron
of Kiev as on the former banners of the Zaporozhian Host State. St.
Michael was introduced in Kiev in the twelfth century when an elaborate
church was built at the monastery of St Demetrius dedicated to St. Michael
the Archangel which was then called St.
Michael of the Golden Domes (Mykhailivs’kyi
Zolotoverkhyi).
The arms of Kiev from the Titularnike (1672) These
arms came on the wings of the Russian eagle in 1721 and on the later seals on
which it is royally crowned with a crown of five hoops. |
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The Zaporozhian Cossack Aftermath In Little
Russia the Cossacks could maintain a certain autonomy. This opportunity was
taken by the hetman Ivan Mazepa (1687-1709) who tried in vain to reunite the
Cossack territories into an independent state.
Coat of arms of Ivan Mazepa After him
the hetmans were appointed by the tsar.
Arms of the Zaporozhian Host as ordered by hetman Kyril
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Seals of the hetmans
Peter Doroshenka (1668-’70), Ivan Mazepa (1687-1704), Kyril Razumovsky (1750-‘64)
and of Peter
Kalnishevsky (1762/1765-’75) The last
hetman was deposed in 1764 and the Leftbank Ukraine Governorate was divided
in 10 regiments each under a hetman.
From 1765 until 1773 the capital was Glouchov which was transmitted in 1773
to Kozelets and in 1775 to Kiev. |
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The arms
of Little Russia then became:
Arms of Little
Russia, 1766 Arms: Or, a two headed eagle crowned and recrowned, in his dexter a sceptre and in his
sinister an orb, on its breast a shield per fess, the chief per pale the
dexter of Kiev and the sinister of Cernigov; the base tierced of Perejaslav
(town), Novgorod Seversk (town) and Starodub (town); ducally crowned. Mantle: Purpure, fringed and tasseled Or and royally
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In the
seventies of the 18th century the cossacks participated in the rebellion of
the Don Cossack Pugatshev. [10]His seal showed his bust:
Seal of Pugatshev When Pugatshev
was defeated in 1775 Jekaterinoslav Governorate was created and any form of
autonomy of the Cossacks was abolished. Their armies were employed in Siberia
and against the Ottomans. In 1781
Little Russia was divided into the Kiev Viceroyalty (excluding the city of Kiev itself), Novgorod-Seversky
Viceroyalty and Chernigov Viceroyalty. |
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1 Kiev and Cernigov Governorate 1. Arms: Azure, St. Michael
vested Argent (adopted 04.06.1782) 2. Arms: Argent, an eagle Sable, crowned and in his left claw a
procession cross Or.
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3 Perejaslav uyezd |
4 Novgorod Seversk uyezd |
5 Starodub uyezd |
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3. Arms: Argent, a
chuch-tower, crowned Or. (adopted 04.06.1782) 4. Arms: Vert, a city-wall
with a towered gate crested with a six-pointed star, on its battlements a
spear on the dexter and a sable on the sinister Or. (adopted 04.06.1782) 5.
Arms: Argent, and old oak-tree proper. (adopted 04.06.1782) In 1796 the Governorate of Malorossiya (Малороссiйская Губернiя) was formed out of
these viceroyalties under the administrative reforms of Paul I which
abolished the Namestnichestvo (viceroyalty) system, which in turn had
replaced the regimental administration of the Ukrainian Hetmanate in 1781. |
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The
administrative centre was the city of Chernigov (modern Chernihiv),
and its coat of arms the arms of Cernigov ducally crowned. However the extensive
area which the new unit covered was too great for effective administration,
and in February 1802 the Governorate was split into Chernigov Governorate and Poltava Governorate. On 22 Januray
1863 a rebellion began
in the former Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (present-day Poland, Lithuania,
Belarus, Latvia, parts of Ukraine, and western Russia) against the Russian
Empire. It lasted until the last insurgents were captured in 1865. A coat of
arms of the rebels was described in the ‘Gazecie Narodowa’ of 20 October
1863. It was “Jeżeli więc
Rząd Narodowy obok Orła i Pogoni postawił świętego
Michała Archanioła, symbol Rusi...” (...the eagle and the rider
together with the Archangel Michael, the emblem of the russians.. [11]
Present Ukraine
comprises the former kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria and the principality of
Bukovina and the Russian Governorates of Cernigov, Charkov, Cherson,
Jekaterinislav, Kiev, Podolsk, Poltava, Tauria, and Volinsk. In 1954 Krim was
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Cernigov Governorate 08.12.1856 |
Charkov Governorate 25.11.1887 |
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Cherson Governorate 05.07.1878 |
Jekaterinoslav
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Kiev Governorate 08.12.1856 |
Podolsk Governorate 08.12.1856 |
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Poltava Governorate 05.07.1878 |
Tauria Governorate 08.12.1856 |
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Volinsk Governorate 08.12.1856 |
Galicia and Lodomeria 05.11.1804 |
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Bukovina 09.12.1862 |
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Українська Hapoдня
Pecпублika Ukrainian People’s
Republic |
23.06.1917-21.03.1921 |
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Its true
that Ukraine was no longer a political unity but nevertheless after the several
divisions of Poland the notion grew at the beginning of the 19th century
amongst the Ukrainian intellectuals of Galicia that the Ukrainians were a
people with its own national identity. In spite of the obstruction of the
Russian government nationalism then took firm root. When the
Russian empire collapsed in 1917 the nationalists were ready to found an
independent Ukrainian state. In April a national assembly met which elected a
Rada (people’s council). On 23 June
this Rada proclaimed an independent
republic. The Russian Soviet Republic, which had been founded in the
meantime, reacted by founding a Ukrainian Soviet Republic in Charkov on 26
September of the same year. On 22 January 1918 the nationalist republic
proclaimed itself a Free and Sovereign Ukrainian Republic but its government
had to flee from Kiev on 8 February 1918 and walked into the arms of the
Central Powers which installed them in Kiev again. On 22 January 1919
hoewever the city was recaptured by the Red Army. The nationalist government
thereafter could prolong its existence by asking the help of the Polish head
of state Pilsudski until 1921 when by treaty of Riga of 21 March the People’s
republic was liquidated. The
nationalist government of 1917 had adopted the trident, called of St.
Vladimir, as a provisonal universal Ukrainian emblem. It was designed by V.
Krychevski. [12]By law of 22 March 1918 the People’s Republic
in its turn adopted the trident as its emblem. It became the custom to
represent the figure in gold on a blue background in spite of that the colors
are not mentioned in the law. There are two versions of the emblem, a
larger and a lesser but these only differ from each other on minor points. On
both the trident is surrouded by an ornamental bordure. On the great seal the
trident is surrounded by a legend of the name of the country. The emblem was
used until the liquidation of the
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Colored lesser arms of the
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Great Seal of State of the
Ukrainian People’s
Republic, 1918. |
Lesser Seal of State of
the Ukrainian People’s
Republic, 1918 |
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Українська
держава / Ukrainian State |
29.04.1918-12.1918 |
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Coat of Arms
Seal The
Ukrainian State (Українська
держава, Ukrayinska Derzhava) (sometimes also named The Hetmanate
(Гетьманат,
Hetmanat)) existed on
most of the territory of East Ukraine from 29 April 1918 until December 1918.
It was installed after the Central Council of the Ukrainian People's Republic
was chased away on 28 April 1918. Ukraine was turned into a provisional
dictatorship of the Hetman of the Ukraine Pavlo Skoropadskyi who outlawed all socialist
oriented political parties creating an anti-Bolshevik front. It collapsed in December
1918 when Skoropadskyi was deposed and the Ukrainian People's Republic was
reinstalled. The arms
of the Ukrainian State consisted of the arms of the Zaporozhian Host as ordered by Kyrill
Razumovski on 17 September 1755, surrounded by a frame and crested by the
trident of St. Vladimir. This coat
of arms was also on the seal, surrounded by the legend УКРАЇНСЬКА
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The soviet
republic of december 1917 adopted a coat of arms by constitution of 10/14
March 1919 Art 34, almost two months after the Red Army had captured Kiev. The arms copies exactly the arms of
the R.S.F.S.R.. It is onky different
in the inistial in the chief and the addition of the motto in ukrainian. The
arms anticipates the treaty between the Russian Federatioan and Ukraine of 28
December 1920 by which Ukraine was almost annexated. The achievement was
reduced in 1929 by omitting the moto in ukrainian. [13] This was confrimed by constitution of 1937. In WW.II
Ukraine bacame the “Reichskommisariat Ukraine” under German occupation and
the geman eagle-and-swastika was seen there.
Football-match in the Zenit stadium, Kiev. 9
August1942 It seems
that the ukrainian nationalists who expected the granting of autonomy of the
Germans have used the tryzub again.
After the defaeat of the Germans the arms of 1937 were restored. On 6
February 1950 it was changed by omitting the initials in the chief. A red
star was added as a crest and on the ribbon below the motto in ukrainian came
back and the name of the state was added.
Arms.: Gules, a hammer and a sickle in
saltire, in chief the letters У.C.P.P. and in base a rising sun radiant
Or. Garland: Ears of wheat, Or. Motto: D.: ПРОЛЕТАРІ
ВСІХ КРАЇН
ЕДНАЙТЕСЯ! and S.: ПРОЛЕТАРИИ
ВСЕХ СТРАН
СОЕДИНАЙТЕСЬ!
in golden lettering
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Arms: Gules, a hammer and a sickle in
saltire, in chief the letters У.C.P.P. and in base a rising sun radiant
Or. Garland: Ears of wheat, Or. Motto:
ПРОЛЕТАРІ ВСІХ КРАЇН
ЕДНАЙТЕСЯ! in golden lettering on a red
ribbon. By decree, September 1929, confirmed by
Constitution, 30th of January 1937 art. 143.
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01.12.1991
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After the
collapse of the Soviet Union Ukraine proclaimed its sovereignty on 16 June
1990. By referendum of 1 December 1991 Ukraine became independent. On 19 Februari
1992 the emblem of the People’s Republic of 22 March 1918 was readopted as
the arms of Ukraine by the Supreme Council. It is described in the
Constitution Art. 20. Стаття 20 Конституції України. Головним
елементом
великого
Державного Герба
України є
Знак Княжої
Держави
Володимира
Великого
(малий
Державний
Герб
України) Великий
Державний
Герб
України
встановлюється
з
урахуванням
малого
Державного
Герба
України та
герба
Війська
Запорізького
законом, що
приймається
не менш як
двома третинами
від конституційного
складу
Верховної
Ради України. The arms are: Arms: Azure, the trident of Vladimir
the Great Or. Æ See illustration in
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Presidential seal and flag
Foreign Intelligence Service The Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine is
directly subordinated to the President
Emblem of the Parliament See also:
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Ministry of Defense The emblem of the Ukrainian Ministry of
Defense is a crimson pillar cross edged Or, charged with an edged medallion
Azure, a Tryzub Or (the diameter of the medallion 4/10
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Banner of the Minister of Defence of the
Ukraine The banner is a square crimson cloth of
90 Î 90 cm., with a crimson pillar cross edged Or, charged with two maces
in saltire and a sword per pale, recharged with an golden edged medallion
Azure, a Tryzub Or, the cross 4/5th of its size. And
with a bordure of 1/10th of its size, edged and
embroidered with branches of medlar, in the corners pillar crosses, all Or.
The two sides of the banner are identical. The banner was handed to the Minister of
Defence of Ukraine, general of the Ukrainian Army O. Shkidchenko on December
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Banner of the Chief of Staff, the first deputy
minister of defense of Ukraine The banner consists of a square crimson
cloth of 90 Î90 cm, with the emblem of the Armed Forces in the center, consisting
of a crimson pillar cross edged Or,
charged with two swords in saltire, an anchor per pale and a pair of wings Or
per fess, recharged with a locket of the Ukrainian arms. The banner has golden fringes and its two
sides are identical. The banner was handed to the Chief of
Staff, general-colonel P.Shuljak on December 5th, 2001 at the celebration of
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The State Border Guard Service of Ukraine
is the national successor of the Soviet Border Troops. It was first organize
in 1991 as the “Ukrainian Border Troops”, which were later subordinated to
the “Ukraine’s State Comittee for State Border Guarding”. The latter was
renamend to its actual name in March 2003.
State
Border Guard Service The emblem of the Border Guard was
confirmed by Presidential Decree N 594/2001 of August 7th, 2001. The emblem
is an golden edged pillar cross
Vert, charged with a blue disc with the Ukrainian Tryzub,
surrounded by a garland of oak all Or.
The flag of the Border Guard of Ukraine
was adopted by Presidential Decree N 594/2001 of August 7th, 2001. The flag
is a rectangular 2 Î 3 crimson cloth with the emblem of the Border Guard of Ukraine in the
centre. The height of the emblem is 2/3
of the height of the cloth, and its width is ½ the width of the cloth. The
diameter of the garland is ¼ of the height of the cloth. The two sides of the
flag are identical.
Coat
of Arms of the Ukrainian State Committee for National Border Guarding The coat of arms of the State Committee
for National Border Guarding was confirmed by
Presidential Decree N 594/2001 of August 7th, 2001. The arms are a circular
crimson shield with a nailed rim Or, charged with the emblem of the Comittee
being a pillar cross Vert, edged Or, charged with two swords in saltire and a
key per pale Or, recharged with a blue disc with the golden Tryzub within a
garland of oak Or. In the eye of the key is a another pillar cross Vert and
on both sides of its bit is the top of an embattled tower.
Banner
of the State Committee for National Border Guarding
The banner of the State Committee for National Border
Guarding was confirmed by Presidential Decree N 594/2001 of August 7th, 2001.
It is a crimson square cloth of 130 Î130 cm. On the obverse of the banner is the
emblem of the Border Guard of Ukraine. In the corners are the emblems of the
State Committee for National Border Guarding within a golden garland of oak.
On the reverse is a pillar cross Vert, edged Or, charged with a blue disc
within a garland of oak Or, and the words: State Committee for National
Border Guarding of Ukraine. In the corners are emblems of two swords in
saltire charged with a key per pale, surrounded by a garland of oak and
laurel Or. The free sides of the flag are fringed Or. The flagstaff is of black painted wood.
On top of the staff is a spearhead of
yellow metal on which is the emblem of the Committee. Below the spearhead is a green bow with
two pendant green golden edged ribbons. On the ribbons is the motto “The
Safety of the Border is the Power of the state” in golden lettering and an ornamental pattern of oak and
viburnum foliage all Or. The ribbon with the motto ends in a blue square,
charged with St. Volodymyr’s Trident, the ribbon with the ornamental foliage
in a crimson square with the emblem of the Ukrainian Border Guard, both
fringed Or.
Gonfalon of the Commander of the Border Guard The gonfalon of the Chairman of the
State Committee for the Protection of the National Border and Commander of
the Border Guard, was confirmed by Presidential Decree N 594/2001 of August
7th, 2001. It is a crimson square cloth of
90 Î 90 cm with the emblem of the State committee in the middle,
surrounded by leaves of viburnum Or on
the four sides. The free sides of the gonfalone are fringed Or. The reverse side is empty. The flagstaff is of black painted wood.
On top of the flagstaff is a spearhead of yellow metal with the emblem of the
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Ministry
of Internal Affairs The emblem of the Ministry of Internal
Affairs of Ukraine was approved by Presidential Decree of December 19, 2000 N
1346/2000. It is an eight-pointed radiating silver star charged with the
smaller arms of Ukraine. The design is of O.V.Rudenko.
The
flag of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Ukraine (obverse and reverse) The banner of the Ministry of Internal
Affairs of Ukraine was approved by Presidential Decree of December 19, 2000 N
1346/2000. It consists of a square blue cloth of 130 х130 cm.
In the middle of the obverse is the emblem of the Ministry of Internal
Affairs and in the four corners the monogram MBД in white lettering within a
garland of oak and laurel Or. On the
reverse of the banner is the star of the emblem of the Ministry of
Internal affairs, charged with a red disc with the words MЇHЇCTEPCTBO BHУTPЇHINЇX CПPAB УKPAЇHИ in
white lettering and surrounded by agarland of oak and laurel. In the four corners
are the effigies of St Michael proper within a garland of oak and laurel Or. The banner was designed by O.V.Rudenko
Gonfalon of the Minster of Internal
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