Drozdy (Kyiv, Ukraine)

Last modified: 2006-12-02 by dov gutterman
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Тарасівка

(2:3)
image from the site of Ukrainian Heraldry

• The Flag
• Coat of Arms
• The Village

See also:

• Ukraine
• Kyiv County
• Bila Tserkva District

The Flag

From the site of Ukrainian Heraldry:
"On the red rectangular panel with a ratio of the sides as 2:3 is yellow saber edge down, on the handle sits white thrush."
Dov Gutterman, 27 November 2006

Coat of Arms

image from the site of Ukrainian Heraldry

From the site of Ukrainian Heraldry:
"Gules; or overturned saber in pale, on the handle sits argent thrush. The shield enframed by or cartouche and crowned by or village crown. The author is I.Novikov.
The sabre both gules colour of the board and the panels symbolize the village past, cossack victory. Argent thrush ("drozd") is the emblem of Drozd family, founders of village.
E.Chernets'kyi, "The symbols of Bilotserkivschyna".".
Dov Gutterman, 27 November 2006

The Village

From the site of Ukrainian Heraldry:
"The first data about it is in the earliest known list of cossack and petty-bourgeois farms of Bila Tserkva land, which was made in 1622. The first name is Drozdove. In the register of Bila Tserkva regiment in 1649 and jury list in 1654 were mentioned at least eleven Drozd family representatives. The village belonged to St.Nicolas Mazepyntsi church."
Dov Gutterman, 27 November 2006