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Yalta (Crimea, Ukraine)

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Ялты


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Overview

Ялты (English: Yalta) is the capital of the Crimean Autonomous Republic.

Currently (the) Yalta City Council has subordinated several city and town councils. Yalta together with these settlements is sometimes called "Ялтинский регион" (English: Yalta region) or "Большой Ялты" (English: "Big Yalta"). The "Большой Ялты" (English: Grand Yalta) includes (the following):

  1. Yalta (Ялта)
  2. Alushta (Алушта)
  3. Gaspra (Гаспра)
  4. Gurzuf (Гурзуф)
  5. Danilovka (Ai-danil) Даниловка (Ай-Даниль)
  6. Krasnokamenka (Kyzyltash) Краснокаменка (Кызылташ)
  7. Linear (Линейное)
  8. Partizan (Партизанское)
  9. Koreiz (Кореиз)
  10. Livadia (Ливадия)
  11. Grape (Виноградное)
  12. Highland (Tyuzler) Высокогорное (Тюзлер)
  13. Mountain (Eriklik) Горное (Эриклик)
  14. Kuibyshevo (Isar) Куйбышево (Исар)
  15. Kurpaty (Курпаты)
  16. Oreanda (Ореанда)
  17. Hunting (Охотничье)
  18. Masandra (Масcандра)
  19. Nikita (Никита)
  20. Sunrise (Jamiet) Восход (Джемиет)
  21. Otradnoe (Magarach)  Отрадное (Магарач)
  22. Soviet (Dolossy) Советское (Долоссы)
  23. Simeiz (Симеиз)
  24. Beregovoe (Castropol) Береговое (Кастрополь) 
  25. Blue Bay (Lymena) Голубой Залив (Лимена)
  26. Katsiveli (Кацивели)
  27. Landslide (Kikineiz) Оползневое (Кикинеиз)
  28. Park (New Kuciucka) Парковое (Новый Кючюккой)
  29. Ponizovka (Понизовка)
  30. Foros
  31. Oliva (Олива)
  32. Sanatorium (Санаторное)

Coat of Arms

On February 13, 2015, by Decision No. 19 (http://www.vexillographia.ru/ukraine/texts/2015_yalta.pdf)(the) "городского совета"(English: (Yalta) City Council) approved the new design of the coat or arms by Сергей Милокумов (English: Sergey Milokumov). Its description is as follows: "(it is a) quadrangular (shaped), with rounded lower corners, pointed at the tip, a dissected heraldic (Russian) shield. The right field is crossed 6 times by four purple and three azure stripes. The left field is purple. In the heart of the shield is a superimposed, standing, golden lion facing left (heraldically speaking). In the azure field, (it features) crossed golden branches of laurel and grapes. The shield is crowned with a three-top golden tower (called) "" (English: "Tower of Dignity") with 25 golden rays on top and a golden palm branch featuring the two golden sea horses, holding their tails under the shield and below the motto with the inscription in gold (capital) letters "ЮЖНАЯ СТОЛИЦА" (English: "SOUTH CAPITAL")"
Sources: https://yalta.rk.gov.ru/ru/structure/4,
http://www.vexillographia.ru/ukraine/towns/yalta.htm and
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yalta_Municipality

The flag features the lesser coat of arms (this is the Grand coat of arms version: https://yalta.rk.gov.ru/file/Yalta_new_gerb.jpg) over a horizontal flag which is divided into two equal horizontal stripes (top in gold and bottom in purple) as seen here:
https://yalta.rk.gov.ru/file/Yalta_new_flag.jpg (source: https://yalta.rk.gov.ru/ru/structure/6).


Previous Flag

image by Victor Lomantsov, 13 June 2018

The previous flag (2005-2015) is described as follows: "A square cloth consisting of two horizontal stripes of blue and striped red. The ratio of the width of these bands is 1/2. In the blue strip laid crossed golden branches of laurel and grapes. Striped-red strip consists of two fields. In the hoist (it) is intersected 6 times by four red and three blue stripes. The field nearest to the bottom is red. In the center (there) is a
walking golden lion facing left (heraldically speaking)".
Source: http://www.yalta-gs.gov.ua/o-yalte/simvolika/408-flag

There also seemed to be a variant of this previous flag, featuring the basic red and blue colors, plus the lion, in a horizontal flag, equally divided into two stripes, the top being gold and the bottom being purple, as seen here in an image by Victor Lomantsov:
http://www.vexillographia.ru/ukraine/towns/images/yalta5.gif (source: http://www.vexillographia.ru/ukraine/towns/yalta.htm)

For additional information go to Yalta (as part of Ukraine) (official website): http://www.yalta-gs.gov.ua/
Yalta (as part of Russia) (official website) https://yalta.rk.gov.ru/

Esteban Rivera, 13 June 2018