page_title: Flag of Ukraine
section_title: Flag Day
hierarchical_section_title: Flag of Ukraine / Flag Day
caption_attribution_description: Українська: Прапор України Azərbaycanca: Ukrayna bayrağı Беларуская: Сцяг Украіны Беларуская (тарашкевіца)‎: Сьцяг Украіны Български: Знаме на Украйна Qırımtatarca: Ukraina bayrağı Къырымтатарджа (Кирилл)‎: Украина байрагъы Čeština: Vlajka Ukrajiny Словѣньскъ / ⰔⰎⰑⰂⰡⰐⰠⰔⰍⰟ: Оукра́ина зна́мѧ Deutsch: Flagge der Ukraine Ελληνικά: Σημαία της Ουκρανίας English: Flag of Ukraine Esperanto: Flago de Ukrainio Español: Bandera de Ucraina Français&#160;: Drapeau de l'Ukraine Gagauz: Ukraina bayraı / Украина байраы Ἀρχαία ἑλληνικὴ: Σημεῖον τῆς Οὐκρανίας עברית: דגל אוקראינה Hrvatski: Zastava Ukrajine Magyar: Ukrajna zászlaja Հայերեն: Ուկրաինայի դրոշ Italiano: Bandiera dell'Ucraina ქართული: უკრაინის დროშა Қазақша: Украина байрағы Кыргызча: Украина туусу Молдовеняскэ: Steagul Ucrainei Nederlands: Vlag van Oekraïne Polski: Flaga Ukrainy Português: Bandeira da Ucrânia Română: Drapelul Ucrainei Русский: Флаг Украины Русиньскый: Прапор України Slovenčina: Vlajka Ukrajiny Тоҷикӣ: Парчами Украйина Türkmençe: Ukraina baýdagy Oʻzbekcha/ўзбекча: Ukraina bayrog`i Volapük: Stän Lukrayäna ייִדיש: פאן דער אוקראינע
context_page_description: The flag of Ukraine is a banner of two equally sized horizontal bands of blue and yellow. The top represents sky and the yellow represents wheat. The combination of blue and yellow as a symbol of Ukrainian lands comes from the flag of the Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia used in the 12th century. As a national flag, the blue and yellow bicolour has been officially used since the 1848 Spring of Nations, when it was hoisted over the Lviv Rathaus. It was officially adopted as a state flag for the first time in 1918 by the short-lived West Ukrainian People's Republic and subsequently used by the Ukrainian People's Republic. When Ukraine was part of the Soviet Union, the flag was outlawed and, before 1949, there was no official state flag until adoption of the red-azure flag of the Ukrainian SSR. The blue and yellow flag was provisionally adopted for official ceremonies in September 1991 following Ukrainian independence, before finally officially being restored on 28 January 1992 by the parliament of Ukraine.
  Ukraine has celebrated Flag Day each year on 23 August since 2005.
context_section_description: 23 August is celebrated as the Day of the National Flag in Ukraine; beginning with 2004. 24 July was previously marked as National Flag Day in Kiev. The first ceremonial raising of the yellow-and-blue Ukrainian flag in modern times took place on July 24, 1990 at the flagstaff of the Kiev City Council, two years before the flag was officially adopted as the National flag. Since 1992 Independence Day of Ukraine is celebrated on 24 August. Following government decree, the flag must be flown from public buildings on this dates and some other holidays. Not all of these days are public holidays. Flags also must be flown on election days for the Verkhovna Rada  in addition to other regional-specific flag days. The public display of flags to mark other events, such as the election of the president or the death of a prominent politician (whereupon flags would be at half-mast), can be declared at the discretion of the Cabinet of Ministers. When flags are required to be flown at half-mast, vertical flags are not lowered. A black mourning ribbon is instead attached, either atop the mast (if hung from a pole) or to each end of the flag's supporting cross-beams (if flown like a banner).
caption: The flag of Ukraine at Kiev City Hall
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