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Not to be confused with the flag of Donetsk.
Donetsk Region
UseOther Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flagVertical hoist method of flag is unknown
Proportion3:2
AdoptedAugust 17, 1999.
Designa rising gold sun with 12 sunbeams and five gold ovals one under another

The flag of the Donetsk Region[1] (Template:Lang-uk, Russian: Флаг Донецкой области), often referred to as the flag of Donbas(s)[2][3] (Template:Lang-uk, Russian: Флаг Донбасса), is the official flag of the Ukrainian region of Donetsk. It was designed by Nina Shcherbak (Template:Lang-uk, Russian: Нина Щербак), a Donetsk artist.[4] The flag was officially adopted on August 17, 1999.

The flag has proportions of 3:2, and is divided into two areas. In the upper part, there is a rising gold sun with 12 sunbeams in the upper steel blue part of flag (resembling the sky). In the lower black part (resembling the Donets Coal Basin[5]) there are five gold ovals one under another (the reflection of the sun on the surface).

Trivia

Climbers from the Donetsk Region have set the flag at Shishapangma peak (on May 27, 2007), Hoverla (on January 9, 2007), Mont Blanc (on March 22, 2007), Elbrus (on May 25, 2007) and Everest (on May 27, 2008). In 2007 an ascent was made in order to honour the 75th anniversary of the Donetsk Region. On Saturday, May 19, 2012 Vitaly Kutniy, a mine foreman from "Belozerska" mine, climbed Mount Everest and planted the flag of the Donetsk Region.[6]

Local adaptations

See also

Coat of arms of the Donetsk Region [ru]

References

  1. ^ "Donetsk Region". mfa.gov.ua. Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine. Powerful industrial Donetsk Region is situated in the steppe zone of the south-eastern part of Ukraine
  2. ^ Виктор Тачинский (2010-07-07). "Флаг Донбасса поднят над Аляской!" (in Russian). Газета «Донбасс». Archived from the original on 2017-06-14. Retrieved 2017-09-10.
  3. ^ "Горняки из Донбасса первыми взошли на вершину Тянь-Шаня" (in Russian). Газета «Сегодня». 2009-09-08. Archived from the original on 2017-06-18. Retrieved 2017-09-10. На пятитысячнике Тянь-Шаня установили флаг Донбасса и символ Донецка.
  4. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-06-16. Retrieved 2012-07-20.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ^ "Сучасні символи областей України — Донецька область" (in Ukrainian). Ukrainian Heraldry Society. Чорний колір означає вугілля
  6. ^ http://novosti.dn.ua/details/179800/
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