List of Ukrainian flags

Flag at Kyiv City Hall

The following is a list of flags of Ukraine:

National flag

FlagDateUseDescription
1918–1920; 1992–PresentNational flag and Naval JackTwo stripes of blue (top) and yellow (bottom).
Hanging national flag

Presidential flag

FlagDateUseDescription
1999Presidential standard of the flag of Ukraine.The yellow Tryzub, within a yellow border made of leaves, on a blue field.

Military flags

FlagDateUseDescription
N/AMinistry of Defence flag.Raspberry color field with Ministry of Defence logo in the center.
General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces flag.Raspberry color field with General Staff logo in the center.
Armed Forces flag.Raspberry color field with Armed Forces logo in the center.
Ground Forces flag.Raspberry color field with Ground Forces logo in the center.
Air Force flag.Blue field with Air Force logo in the center.
Special operations forces flag.
Airmobile forces flag.
2014National Guard flag.Blue field with National Guard logo in the center.

Personal flags

Flag Name
Standard of the Minister of Defense
Standard of the Chief of the General Staff
Standard of the Commander-in-Chief of Ukrainian Ground Forces
Standard of the Commander-in-Chief of Ukrainian Air Force
Standard of the Commander-in-Chief of Ukrainian Navy
Standard of the Commander-in-Chief of National Guard
Standard of the Head of Border Guard
Standard of Ukrainian DSNS Head
Ukrainian Department of the State Guard Head Standard
Standard of Ukrainian Security Service Head
Standard of the Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine

Maritime flags

Flag Date Use Description
2006– Naval ensign of Ukraine Blue cross with a miniature Ukrainian flag in the upper left corner.
1997– Search and rescue ships
Auxiliary ships
2001– Sea Guard ensign of Ukraine Green cross with a miniature Ukrainian flag in the upper left corner.
1993– Sea Guard jack of Ukraine
1918– Pennant Blue cross.
2001– Sea Guard Pennant Green cross with a miniature Ukrainian flag in the upper left corner.
N/A Red Cross for hospital ships Red cross.

Former flags

Flag Date Use Description
1992–1997 Naval jack of Ukraine
N/A Naval jack of Ukraine
1993–2001 Sea Guard ensign of Ukraine
1918, 1992–present Naval ensign of Ukraine Blue cross with a miniature Ukrainian flag in the upper left corner.
N/A Naval ensign of Ukraine Blue cross with a miniature Ukrainian flag in the upper left corner.
1994–2006 Naval ensign of Ukraine Blue cross.

Personal naval flags

Flag Date Use
April 7, 1997 – President of Ukraine.
Flag of the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces.
Flag of the Chief of Staff of the Navy.
Ukrainian Minister of Defence flag at sea.
January 19, 1999 – Ukrainian Navy Commander's flag.
Ukrainian Naval Region Commander's flag.
Ukrainian Navy Ship Formation or Group flag.
Ukrainian Navy Commander of Ship Group flag.

Former flags

Flag Date Use
April 7, 1997 – January 19, 1999 Ukrainian Navy Ship Formation or Group flag.
Ukrainian Navy Commander's flag.
Flag of Deputy Commander of the Navy.
Ukrainian Naval Region Commander's flag.

Government and Non-Military Security Forces

FlagDateUseDescription
State Border Guard Service of Ukraine
2002Security Service of Ukraine
2008Special Communications Service Ensign
Internal troops of Ministry of Internal Affairs
State Emergency Service
State Emergency Service
2003Customs Service Ensign
Anti Monopoly Committee Ensign
2004State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate Ensign
2003State Statistics Service Ensign
2006State Service for Financial Monitoring Ensign
2003State Reserve Agency Ensign
Treasury of Ukraine
2016State Service for Transportation Safety

Flags of Ukrainian regions

Flags of Ukrainian oblasts

FlagUseDateDescription
Flag of Cherkasy Oblast1998
Flag of Chernivtsi Oblast2001
Flag of Chernihiv Oblast2000
Flag of Donetsk Oblast1999
Flag of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast2002
Flag of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast2001
Flag of Kharkiv Oblast1999
Flag of Kherson Oblast2001
Flag of Khmelnytskyi Oblast2002
Flag of Kirovohrad Oblast1998
Flag of Kyiv Oblast1999
Flag of Luhansk Oblast1998
Flag of Lviv Oblast2001
Flag of Mykolaiv Oblast
Flag of Odessa Oblast2002
Flag of Poltava Oblast2000
Flag of Rivne Oblast2005
Flag of Sumy Oblast2000
Flag of Ternopil Oblast2003
Flag of Vinnytsia Oblast1997
Flag of Volyn Oblast2004
Flag of Zaporizhzhia Oblast2001
Flag of Zakarpattia Oblast2009
Flag of Zhytomyr Oblast2003

Flag of autonomous republic

FlagUseDateDescription
Flag of Crimea1999A blue–white–red triband.

Flags of cities with special status

FlagUseDateDescription
Flag of Kyiv1995Archangel Michael, holding flaming sword and shield.
Flag of Sevastopol2000Seal of the city.

Flags of other cities

FlagUseDateDescription
Flag of Cherkasy1995
Flag of Chernihiv2008
Flag of Chernivtsi
Flag of Dnipro2012
Flag of Donetsk (Zakharovo-Khartsyzk)2004
Flag of Ivano-Frankivsk1995
Flag of Kharkiv
Flag of Kherson
Flag of Khmelnytskyi1997
Flag of Kropyvnytskyi1996
Flag of Konotop2001
Flag of Luhansk2006
Flag of Lviv1991
Flag of Lutsk2007
Flag of Mykolaiv1999
Flag of Odessa2011
Flag of Poltava
Flag of Rivne1993
Flag of Simferopol2006
Flag of Sumy2000
Flag of Ternopil1993
Flag of Vinnytsia
Flag of Uzhhorod1990
Flag of Zaporizhzhia2001
Flag of Zhytomyr2007

Regional and minority flags

FlagDateUseDescription
1917Flag of the Crimean TatarsCurrently, only the light blue flag is used, which is now an ethnic flag. The golden colored damğa was used in the upper left corner of the flag and sometimes in the center.
1917–1918Religious flag of the Crimean Tatars
Military flag of the Crimean Tatars

Historical flags

Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia

FlagDateUseDescription
1199–1349

Poland and Lithuania

FlagDateUseDescription
1349–1587Banner of Poland
1561–1587Royal Banner of Lithuania
1587–1772Flag of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth

Cossack Hetmanat

FlagDateUseDescription
Flag of the Zaporozhian Host
Historical flag of the Zaporozhian Cossacks

Russian Empire (1654-1917)

FlagDateUseDescription
1696–1917/1918Civil ensign / state flag of Russia
1858–1883Flag of Russia
1914–1917Flag of Russia (for private use)
1710/1721–1858Imperial Standard of Russia
1858–1917Imperial Standard of Russia

Habsburg Monarchy, the Austrian Empire, and Austria–Hungary from 1772 to 1918

FlagDateUseDescription
?–1918 Flag of the Habsburg Monarchy, also the flag of the Austrian Empire, from the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867 flag of Cisleithanian Austria
1786–1915 Naval Ensign, Merchant Ensign (until 1869)
1869–1918 Merchant Ensign of Austria-Hungary
1915–1918 Naval Ensign
1815 –
Late 19th Century
Standard of the Emperor
Late 19th Century –
1915
Standard of the Emperor
1915–1918 Standard of the Emperor
FlagDateUseDescription
Until 1849Flag of Galicia and Lodomeria created after 1772 when this previously Polish province had been annexed to Austria.
1849–1890Flag of Galicia and Lodomeria
1890–1918Flag of Galicia and Lodomeria

Ukrainian People's Republic and Ukrainian State

FlagDateUseDescription
1917–1918Flag of the Ukrainian People's Republic
1917Flag of the Ukrainian People's Republic (non-official)
1918–1919Flag of the West Ukrainian People's Republic and Hutsul Republic
1918Naval flag of the Ukrainian People's Republic
1918–1920Flag of the Ukrainian State and UPR
1918–1920Naval flag of the Ukrainian State and UPR

Maritime flags

FlagDateUseDescription
1918 Naval flag
N/A Ensign of the Russian Navy, the so-called Andreevskiy (St. Andrew's) flag
1918 Naval Ensign of the Ukrainian State
September 17, 1918 Naval Standard of the Hetman of Ukraine
Hetman as the Admiral
Flag of a member of the Hetman family in the admiral rank
Flag of the Black Sea Fleet Commander
Flag of the War Minister
Flag of the Marine Minister
Flag of Comrade Marine Minister
Flag of the Chief of the Naval Staff
Flag of the Chief of the General Naval Staff
Flag of the Chief of the Marine General Headquarters
Flag of the General Commander of the Naval Forces
Flag of the Chief Commandant of the ports of the Black and Azov Seas
Flag of the Port Commandant
Flag of the Ambassador of the Ukrainian State
Flag of the Messengers (heads of diplomatic missions)
Flag of the Consul General, Consul and Vice-Consul
Rear Admiral
Vice Admiral
Admiral
1918 Naval jack
Naval jack Naval Jack of the Imperial Russian Navy

Royal Family Standards

FlagDateUseDescription
1918Royal Standard of the Hetman of Ukraine
Royal Standard of the Wife of the Hetman of Ukraine
Royal Standard of the Prince of the Hetman of Ukraine
Royal Standard of the Princess of the Hetman of Ukraine

Free Territory

FlagDateUseDescription

1918–1921Flag of the Free Territory and Revolutionary Insurrectionary Army of UkraineSee Anarchist symbolism § Black flag

Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic

FlagDateUseDescription
1917–1918Flag of the Ukrainian People's Republic of Soviets
1918Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Republic
1919–1929Flag of the Ukrainian SSRThe first flag was red with the gold Cyrillic sans-serif letters У.С.С.Р. (USSR, initialism for Ukrayinskaya Sotsialisticheskaya Sovetskaya Respublika in the Russian language).
1929–1937Flag of the Ukrainian SSRIn the 1930s a gold border was added.
1937–1949Flag of the Ukrainian SSRIn 1937, a new flag was adopted, with a small gold hammer and sickle added above the gold Cyrillic serif letters У.Р.С.Р. (URSR, for Ukrayins’ka Radyans’ka Sotsialistychna Respublika in the Ukrainian language).
1949–1991 Flag of the Ukrainian SSRTo comply, the Ukrainian Soviet authorities dropped the lettering and added a blue stripe (⅓ of the width). The Ukrainian SSR adopted this new design as its official flag on November 21, 1949.
Reverse flagAll flags of the constituent republics of the Soviet Union did not bear the hammer and sickle on their reverse side.
1922–1923Flag of the Soviet Union
1923–1924Flag of the Soviet Union
1924–1936Flag of the Soviet Union
1936–1955Flag of the Soviet Union
1955–1980Flag of the Soviet Union
1980–1991Flag of the Soviet Union

Crimea

FlagDateUseDescription
Crimean People's RepublicState flag1917–1918
Crimean Regional Government1918–1919
1921Crimean Regional GovernmentNaval ensign
1921–1929Crimean ASSRState flag
1929–1938
1938–1945

Moldavian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic

FlagDateUseDescription
1925–1937Moldavian Autonomous Soviet Socialist RepublicState flag
1937–1938
1938–1940

Carpatho-Ukraine

FlagDateUseDescription
1939Flag of the Carpatho-Ukraine

Ukrainian National Government (1941)

FlagDateUseDescription
1941Flag of the Ukrainian National Government
N/AFlag of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army

Post-Soviet Ukraine

FlagDateUseDescription
1991–92National flag

Black Sea Fleet for the transitional period (1992–95)

FlagDateUseDescription
1992Naval flag of the Black Sea Fleet for the transitional period
Naval Ensign of the Black Sea Fleet (auxiliary)
Naval Ensign of the Black Sea Fleet (beacon)
Naval Ensign of the Black Sea Fleet (rescue)
Pendant of the Black Sea Fleet (ships)
Pendant of the Black Sea Fleet (boats)

See also

References

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