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image by Mello Luchtenberg and Valery M. Napytkin,
19 November 2000
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Flag and Coat of Arms were adopted on 17th
August 1999 for Donets'k Region, Ukraine.
Michael Simakov, 21 October 1999
From the site of Ukrainian
Heraldry:
"Flag of Donets'ka oblast' was approved in August, 17, 1999.
It is a rectangular canvas with a ratio of the sides 3:2 divided
horizontally. There is a rising yellow sun with 12 rows in the
upper blue part of flag. In the lower black part there are five
yellow ovals, one under another."
Dov Gutterman, 3 December 1999
I recieved more info about the flag of the recently posted
Donets'k region flag from Nikolaj Starodubcev (my
translation): "Doneck city doesn't have an official
flag.About the regional Coat of Arms, I could
only say that on the shield is displayed the kind of palmtree
once made by a local ironsmith."
Antonio Martins, 20 December 1999
I have found the information on regional symbols of Donets'k
Region (Ukraine) at <www.aist.com.ua/~donkr>:
Coat of Arms and Flag were adopted 17 of
August, 1999 by Session of Regional Council. The flag is
black-blue with yellow sun in the centre.
Victor Lomantsov, 23 July 2000
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image by Michael Simakov, 21 October 1999
From the site of Ukrainian
Heraldry :
"Coat of Arms of Donets'ka oblast' was approved in August,
17, 1999. In an or shield with embowed sable base is an azure
palm of Mertsalov. The shield is crowned with an or crown with
five leafs and framed with two green oak branches. This palm made
by smith Mertsalov in 1896".
Dov Gutterman , 3 December 1999
I have found the information on regional symbols of Donets'k
Region (Ukraine) at <www.aist.com.ua/~donkr>:
"Coat of Arms: Or, a Palm Azure issuant from Base Sable. The
shield is crowned with golden crown, surrounded with oak-wreath.
Motto - "The Opportunity is proved with business" (in
russian language). The palm is a famous "palm of
Mertsalov". It was made by blacksmith A.Mertsalov. He made
it from a rail. The metal "palm" took part in Great
Industry Exhibition of 1896. Now the "palm" is kept in
Museum in St-Peterburg. The "palm" in modern Coat of
Arms symbolizes the heavy work of and the creative work. The
crown symbolizes the status of Coat of Arms (regional) Oak-wreath
- greatness and reliability. Motto is a saying of famous chemist
D.Mendeleev. In 1897 he went in this region and wrote in his
notepad: "Recent desert has come to life. Success complete.
The Opportunity is proved with business" .
Victor Lomantsov, 23 July 2000
Soviet era name: Doneck. Today: Donets'k (Донецьк).
Antonio Martins, 10 July 1999
From the site of Ukrainian
Heraldry:
"On the territory of Donets'k area the Slavic settlements
appear in the ?th century. At the end of the XVIth century the
Cossack lodges appear. At the XVII century on the territory of
Donetsk region the Iziums'kyi Cossack regiment situated. At the
XVIII century there was the Ukrainian fortifying line. The
industrial development of the territory was connected with the
large deposits of coal, which was actively extracted at the end
of the XIX – beginning of the XX century".
Dov Gutterman, 3 December 1999
image by Jens Patke, 21 December 2004
image by Jens Patke, 21 December 2004
Three weeks ago, the German TV-News Channel N24 showed a
report from the Donbass Region. It was reported on the life of
the miners workers. During the time of the election campaign the
life of the Russian speaking families improved. The report also
showed pictures of a demonstration for the autonomy of the
Southern Ukraine. In Donesk, the demonstrators showed the known
"Green and Black"-flag of the miners workers. I have
seen two unknown flags in the report. Can somebody identify these
both flags? Red, Blue and Green ?
Jens Patke, 21 December 2004
image by Jakub Grombir, 6 February 2008
Unidentified flag at Ukraine miners demonstration, reported by
Jens Patke, is identified by <www.vexillologia.ru> as
flag of Donshchyna or Donetsk Republic - easternmost part of
Ukraine (Donetsk and Luhansk oblast, maybe also Kharkiv and
southern part of Zaporizhe, so called New Russia), where people
predominantly speak Russian, even ethnic Ukrainians, and support
former president Yanukovych. Flag has three vertical stripes: red
symbolise the fight for freedom (rather nostalgy for communism, I
think), blue is for water of Donets river and Azov sea and black
is for coal, the main resource of regions wealth. I send you
variant of Donshchyna flag with inverted colours, undistinct
shield and incipit "Donetsk republic".
Jakub Grombir, 6 February 2008