User:Hohostan

Hey everyone,

My name is Stan Zamyatin and I am CEO and Chief vexillologist of Vexillology Ireland. I am originally from Russia but have been living in Ireland for the last 20 years. I have travelled to over fifty countries in five continents and speak five languages. My interests are travel, languages, history, psychology, art and the environment, which all combine in my passion for flags and vexillology.

I have been interested in flags for very long and began collecting them while studying architecture in Dublin in 2008. I began to work professionally with flags in 2013 when I joined GSI in 2013 to help them organize Bratacha 2013 - Ireland’s first ever festival of flags and emblems. During the festival I was the honorary curator of the flag exhibition at the Maritime Museum and gave a lecture on vexillology.

Vexillology Ireland or in the Irish language 'Brateolaíocht Éireann' is a branch of the Genealogical Society of Ireland (GSI) that was set up in February 2013 in order to promote an awareness, appreciation and knowledge of Ireland’s vexillological heritage and of vexillology in general. Today it is Ireland’s only vexillological society and only the second one in Irish history. It is the only representative of Ireland internationally and is a member of the International Federation of Vexillological Associations (FIAV). I am friends with famous vexillologists (flag experts) such as Ted Kaye and Graham Bartram and I have represented Ireland and the organisation:

• In 2013 at the 25th International Congress of Vexillology in Rotterdam, Netherlands • In 2014 at the II IHW Congress on Heraldry and Vexillology in Cieszyn, Poland • In 2015 at the 26th International Congress of Vexillology in Sydney, Australia - http://www.icv26.com.au/

The Genealogical Society of Ireland (Irish: Cumann Geinealais na hÉireann) is a voluntary non-governmental organisation promoting the study of genealogy, heraldry, vexillology and social history in Ireland and amongst the Irish Diaspora as open access educational leisure pursuits available to all. More information can be found on: http://familyhistory.ie/wp/