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Ukraine Flag
Ukraine’s Constitution defines the State Flag as a banner of two equally sized horizontal bands of blue and yellow and lists it among the country’s stat...
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About Ukraine and its flag
Ukraine’s Constitution defines the State Flag as a banner of two equally sized horizontal bands of blue and yellow and lists it among the country’s state symbols. The design is a plain horizontal bicolour. A Verkhovna Rada resolution of 28 January 1992 approved the national flag in rectangular form and specified a 2:3 width-to-length proportion.
Flag design and meaning
The upper stripe is blue and the lower stripe is yellow, with both horizontal bands equal in height. Resolution No. 2067-XII describes the approved flag as rectangular and gives it a 2:3 width-to-length proportion. Article 20 of the Constitution likewise defines the essential design as equal blue and yellow horizontal bands.
- Blue-and-yellow pairing: The Ukrainian Institute of National Memory describes the blue-and-yellow flag as a symbol of freedom and the struggle for independence, and traces the pairing’s establishment as Ukrainian national colours to 1848. This is a historical and institutional attribution, not an explanation of either colour as a landscape image.
History and adoption
The Ukrainian Institute of National Memory records that a yellow-and-blue flag first flew over Lviv City Hall in June 1848 during the European Spring of Nations; it identifies that period with the establishment of the blue-and-yellow pairing as Ukrainian national colours. The national blue-and-yellow flag was raised above the Verkhovna Rada on 4 September 1991. Parliament approved the State Flag on 28 January 1992, while the 1996 Constitution later set out its constitutional description. These are distinct historical and legal milestones, rather than one single adoption date.
How to recognise this flag
- Look for two equal horizontal stripes, with blue on top and yellow below.
- Check for the simple rectangular bicolour; the 1992 parliamentary resolution specifies a 2:3 width-to-length proportion.
Ukraine flag quiz context
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