Flag of Donetsk Oblast
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The flag of the Donetsk Oblast[1] (Ukrainian: Прапор Донецької області, romanized: Prapor Donets'koyi oblasti), often referred to as the flag of Donbas[2][3] (Ukrainian: Прапор Донбасу, romanized: Prapor Donbasu, Russian: Флаг Донбасса, romanized: Flag Donbassa), is the official flag of Donetsk Oblast, an oblast in Ukraine. It was designed by Nina Shcherbak (Ukrainian: Ніна Щербак, Russian: Нина Щербак), a Donetsk artist.[4] The flag was officially adopted on 17 August 1999.
Use | Other |
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Proportion | 3:2 |
Adopted | 17 August 1999 |
Design | A rising gold sun with 12 sunbeams and five gold ovals one under another |
Designed by | Nina Hryhorivna Shcherbak |
The flag has proportions of 3:2, and is divided into two areas. In the upper part, there is a rising gold sun with 12 sunbeams in the upper fair-blue part of flag (resembling the sky). In the lower black part (resembling the Donets Coal Basin[5]) there are five gold ovals one under another (the reflection of the sun on the surface).