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Meaning of the Flag

The national flag of Ukraine (Ukrainian: Державний прапор України, romanized: Derzhavnyi prapor Ukrayiny, pronounced [derˈʒɑu̯nɪj ˈprɑpor ʊkrɐˈjinɪ]) consists of equally sized horizontal bands of blue and yellow. The blue and yellow bicolor flag was first seen during the 1848 Spring of Nations in Lemberg (Lviv), the capital of the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria within the Austrian Empire. The tradition began with the flag of the Ukrainian SSR. == Controversies and criticism == === Origin === One claimed version is that, since one of the first known coloured depictions of the coat of arms of Kyiv was mainly in yellow-blue colours, this tradition may have existed since the time of the Nordic-Slavic Grand Prince of Kyiv Volodymyr the Great.

Meaning of Flag Colors

Blue, Yellow

Flag History

1. 1848
   

   Some put the starting point of the adoption of the current national flag of Ukraine to 1848 when, during the Spring of Nations on 22 April 1848, a blue-and-yellow banner was adopted by the Supreme Ruthenian Council in Lemberg (Lviv), the capital of the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria (a crownland of the Austrian Empire).
2. 1849
   At the request of the Supreme Ruthenian Council, on 15 May 1849 a yellow-and-blue flag hang again on the Rathaus, this time for one day.
3. 1917–1921
   

   === Early independence: 1917–1921 === Both blue-yellow and yellow-blue flags were widely used during the Ukrainian struggle for independence in 1917.
4. 1919–1929
   

   The first flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic was adopted on 10 March 1919, to serve as the symbol of state of Soviet Ukraine.
5. 1937–1949
   

   In 1937, a new flag was adopted, with a small gold hammer and sickle added above the gold Cyrillic serif У.Р.С.Р.
6. 1949–1991
   

   In 1949, the flag of the Soviet Ukraine was changed once again.
7. 1991–present
   

   Current national flag, in use since 1991.

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