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Day of the National Flag (Ukraine)

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Day of the National Flag
День Державного прапора України
Flag of Ukraine
Observed byUkraine
DateAugust 23
Frequencyannual
First time2004[1]

23 August is celebrated as the Day of the National Flag (Ukrainian: День Державного прапора України, lit. 'Day of the National Flag of Ukraine') in Ukraine; since in 2004.[2][3]

Since 1992 Independence Day of Ukraine is celebrated on 24 August.[4]

History

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The yellow-and-blue flag is first verifiably documented in Ukraine on 25 June 1848 when two blue and yellow banners were hung on the Lviv (then named Lemberg and situated in the Austrian Empire) Townhall (Rathaus).[5][6] It is unknown who hang the banners and the Austrian authorities dissociated themselves from this action, as did the Supreme Ruthenian Council (Ukrainian political organization).[5] The banners hung for almost a week.[5] 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.[5]

The first ceremonial raising of the yellow-and-blue Ukrainian flag in modern times took place on 24 July 1990 at the flagstaff of the Kyiv City Council, one-and-a-half years before the flag was officially adopted as the National flag of Ukraine.[3] At the time Ukraine (as the Ukrainian SSR) was part of the Soviet Union since 1922.[7] 24 July was thus previously marked as National Flag Day in Kyiv.[3]

On 23 August 1991, after the failure of the August 1991 Soviet coup attempt, a group of people's deputies brought a blue-yellow Ukrainian flag into the session hall of the Verkhovna Rada (then the parliament of the Ukrainian SSR of the Soviet Union, now the national parliament of Ukraine).[6] The consecration of the flag was conducted by priest Petro Boyko [uk] of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church.[1] This flag, like a relic, is now solemnly kept under glass in the Verkhovna Rada museum.[8] The next day, Ukraine declared independence.[9] On 4 September 1991 the flag was raised above the Verkhovna Rada building.[6]

The current official flag of Ukraine was approved by the Verkhovna Rada on 28 January 1992.[1]

The official "Day of the National Flag" was created 23 August 2004 through a decree of President of Ukraine Leonid Kuchma, "On the Day of the State Banner of Ukraine" No. 987/2004.[1][10][11] A corresponding picture was painted on the wall of the Verkhovna Rada.[citation needed] In 2009 President Viktor Yushchenko amended President Kuchma's 2004 decree, founding the current annual flag-raising ceremonies throughout Ukraine on August 23.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Символ свободи і незламності: історія Дня прапора України та значення його кольорів" [Symbol of freedom and steadfastness: the history of the Day of the Flag of Ukraine and the significance of its colors]. Fakty ta Komentari (in Ukrainian). 23 August 2024. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
  2. ^ Ukraine celebrates National Flag Day Archived 2013-10-07 at the Wayback Machine, Xinhua News Agency (23 August 2012)
    Ceremony of hoisting Ukraine's national flag held at presidential administration Archived 2013-02-14 at the Wayback Machine, Kyiv Post (23 August 2011)
  3. ^ a b c (in Ukrainian) Україна відзначає День Державного прапора On Tuesday, August 23, all of Ukraine celebrates National Flag Day. Measures to raise the national flag are planned throughout the country. Archived 2013-08-01 at the Wayback Machine, 1+1 (23 August 2011)
  4. ^ How Ukraine Became a Market Economy and Democracy Archived 2013-12-11 at the Wayback Machine by Anders Åslund, Peterson Institute for International Economics, 2009, ISBN 978-0-88132-427-3 (page 185)
    Ukraine Intelligence & Security Activities and Operations Handbook Archived 2016-05-19 at the Wayback Machine, International Business Publications, 2009, ISBN 0739716611 (page 268)
  5. ^ a b c d "175 років тому у Львові на ратуші замайорів синьо-жовтий прапор – як національний символ українців" [175 years ago in Lviv on the town hall of the Zamayors a blue-yellow flag – as a national symbol of Ukrainians]. Radio Free Europe (in Ukrainian). 25 June 2023. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
  6. ^ a b c "Синьо-жовті кольори незалежності. Як на світ з'явився український прапор і які труднощі здолав" [Blue and yellow colors of independence. How the Ukrainian flag was born and what difficulties it overcame]. Ukrainska Pravda – Zhyttia (in Ukrainian). 23 August 2024. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
  7. ^ A History of Ukraine: The Land and Its Peoples Archived 7 April 2023 at the Wayback Machine by Paul Robert Magocsi, University of Toronto Press, 2010, ISBN 1442610212 (page 563/564 & 722/723)
  8. ^ "Ukrainian flag day: holiday history and interesting facts" [День прапора України: історія свята та цікаві факти]. Glavcom.ua [uk] (in Ukrainian). 23 August 2022. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
  9. ^ A History of Ukraine: The Land and Its Peoples by Paul Robert Magocsi, University of Toronto Press, 2010, ISBN 1442610212 (page 722/723)
  10. ^ "УКАЗ ПРЕЗИДЕНТА УКРАЇНИ № 987/2004 - Офiцiйне представництво Президента України". 2014-07-09. Archived from the original on 2014-07-09. Retrieved 2023-07-03.
  11. ^ "Про День Державного Прапора України". Офіційний вебпортал парламенту України (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2023-07-03.
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