Flag of Chernihiv Oblast

The flag of Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine is the official flag of the Ukrainian province of Chernihiv. It was designed by I. Sytyi, A. Hrechylo and I. Pavlenko, and officially adopted by the resolution of a regional council on July 11, 2000.

The flag is a rectangular green panel with an aspect ratio of 2:3, the middle of which is a white horizontal stripe (width 1/5 of the flag's width), and in the upper pole of the white square shows the emblem area. Green stripes on the flag represent the Polissya and white line - the Desna River.

Emblem of the field - in a silver box black double-headed eagle with red claws and tongue, golden eyes and arms (beaks and claws) on their heads - open gold crown, in each chest there is blue shield with a gold edge - the golden mark of Prince Mstislav Volodimirovich, founder of the Grand Duchy of Chernigov .

Flags of Ukraine

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Oblasts	Cherkasy Chernihiv Chernivtsi Dnipropetrovsk Donetsk Ivano-Frankivsk Kharkiv Kherson Khmelnytskyi Kirovohrad Kiev Luhansk Lviv Mykolaiv Odessa Poltava Rivne Sumy Ternopil Vinnytsia Volyn Zaporizhia Zhytomyr Zakarpattia

Autonomous republic	Crimea

Autonomous cities	Kiev Sevastopol

Other cities	Donetsk

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