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image by Mello Luchtenberg and Valery M. Napytkin,
19 November 2000
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Flag and Coat of Arms were adopted on 17th
August 1999 for Donets'k Region, Ukraine.
Michael Simakov, 21 October 1999
From the site of Ukrainian Heraldry:
"Flag of Donets'ka oblast' was approved in August, 17, 1999.
It is a rectangular canvas with a ratio of the sides 3:2 divided
horizontally. There is a rising yellow sun with 12 rows in the
upper blue part of flag. In the lower black part there are five
yellow ovals, one under another."
Dov Gutterman, 3 December 1999
I received more info about the flag of the recently posted
Donetsk region flag from Nikolaj Starodubcev (my
translation): "Donetsk city doesn't have an official
flag. About the regional Coat of Arms, I could
only say that on the shield is displayed the kind of palm tree
once made by a local ironsmith."
Antonio Martins, 20 December 1999
I have found the information on regional symbols of Donets'k
Region (Ukraine) at www.aist.com.ua/~donkr [retrieved]:
Coat of Arms and Flag were adopted 17 of
August, 1999 by Session of Regional Council. The flag is
black-blue with yellow sun in the centre.
Victor Lomantsov, 23 July 2000
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From the site of Ukrainian Heraldry:
"Coat of Arms of Donets'ka oblast' was approved in August,
17, 1999. In an or shield with embowed sable base is an azure
palm of Mertsalov. The shield is crowned with an or crown with
five leafs and framed with two green oak branches. This palm made
by smith Mertsalov in 1896".
Dov Gutterman, 3 December 1999
I have found the information on regional symbols of Donets'k
Region (Ukraine) at www.aist.com.ua/~donkr [retrieved]:
"Coat of Arms: Or, a Palm Azure issuant from Base Sable. The
shield is crowned with golden crown, surrounded with oak-wreath.
Motto: "The Opportunity is proved with business" (in
russian language). The palm is a famous "palm of
Mertsalov". It was made by blacksmith A. Mertsalov. He made
it from a rail. The metal "palm" took part in Great
Industry Exhibition of 1896. Now the "palm" is kept in
Museum in St-Petersburg. The "palm" in modern Coat of
Arms symbolizes the heavy work of and the creative work. The
crown symbolizes the status of Coat of Arms (regional) Oak-wreath
– greatness and reliability. Motto is a saying of famous chemist
D. Mendeleev. In 1897 he went in this region and wrote in his
notepad: "Recent desert has come to life. Success complete.
The Opportunity is proved with business" .
Victor Lomantsov, 23 July 2000
"The region's coat of arms is a heraldic shield (quadrangular, pointed at the bottom). The rounded
parts of the coat of arms represent 1/4 of a circle with a radius equal to 1/8 of the coat of arms' height.
The field of the shield is gold with a black tip. The tip is 1/5 of the heraldic shield and is cut off by
an arc of a circle (the ratio of the diameter of the circle to the height of the shield is 49:8). The
azure 'Mertsalov Palm' is depicted on the gold field of the shield. The base of the palm tree's trunk
emerges from the tip. The trunk of the palm tree is located on the vertical axis of symmetry of the shield.
The palm tree has ten leaves and a corolla. The height of the palm tree is 6/8 of the height of the shield.
The shield, surmounted by a golden crown of chestnut leaves (the ratio of the crown's height to the
shield's height is 1:4), is framed by a wreath of green oak leaves with golden acorns. Below the shield,
on a purple ribbon, is the motto 'Possibility Proved by Deeds' [Можливість доведена справою].
The motto is written in Quant Antiqua font. The ribbon's length does not exceed the outer edges of the
wreath." (From the website of the Regional Council)
Nguyen Phuc Dit, 1 November 2026
Soviet era name: Doneck. Today: Donets'k (Донецьк).
Antonio Martins, 10 July 1999
From the site of Ukrainian Heraldry:
"On the territory of Donets'k area the Slavic settlements
appear in the ?th century. At the end of the XVIth century the
Cossack lodges appear. At the XVII century on the territory of
Donetsk region the Iziums'kyi Cossack regiment situated. At the
XVIII century there was the Ukrainian fortifying line. The
industrial development of the territory was connected with the
large deposits of coal, which was actively extracted at the end
of the XIX – beginning of the XX century".
Dov Gutterman, 3 December 1999