List of Ukrainian flags
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The following is a list of flags of Ukraine.
State flag
[edit]| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 1918–1920; 1992–present | State flag and Naval Jack | Two stripes of blue (top) and yellow (bottom). |
 | Vertical variant of State flag |
Presidential Standard
[edit]| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 1999 | Presidential standard of Ukraine. | The yellow Tryzub, within a yellow border made of leaves, on a blue field. |
Military flags
[edit]Flags of service branches
[edit]| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 2006–present | Flag of the Ministry of Defence | A raspberry color field with the emblem of the Ministry of Defence in the center. |
 | Flag of the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces | A raspberry color field with the emblem of the General Staff in the center. | |
 | Flag of the Armed Forces | A raspberry color field with the emblem of the Armed Forces in the center. | |
 | Flag of the Ground Forces | A raspberry color field with the emblem of the Ground Forces in the center. | |
 | Flag of the Navy | A blue cross with the national flag located in the canton. | |
 | Flag of the Air Force | A blue field with the emblem of the Air Force in the center. | |
 | 2017–present | Flag of the Air Assault Forces | A purple field with the emblem of the Air Assault Forces in the center. |
 | Flag of the Special Operations Forces | A grey field with the emblem of the Special Operations Forces in the center. | |
 | 2023–present | Flag of the Marine Corps | A teal field with a dark blue cross and the emblem of the Marine Corps in the center. |
Command Standards
[edit]| 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
[edit]| 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 | ||
.svg) | 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. |
Naval flags
[edit]| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
.svg) | 1992–1997 | Naval jack of Ukraine | |
 | N/A | Naval jack of Ukraine | |
 | 1993–2001 | Sea Guard ensign of Ukraine | |
.svg) | 1918, 1992–present | Naval ensign of Ukraine | Blue cross with a miniature Ukrainian flag in the upper left corner. |
.svg) | N/A | Naval ensign of Ukraine | Blue cross with a miniature Ukrainian flag in the upper left corner. |
.svg) | 1994–2006 | Naval ensign of Ukraine | Blue cross. |
Personal naval flags
[edit]| Flag | Date | Use |
|---|---|---|
.svg) | 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
[edit]| Flag | Date | Use |
|---|---|---|
| | April 7, 1997 – January 19, 1999 | Ukrainian Navy Ship Formation or Group flag. |
.png) | Ukrainian Navy Commander's flag. | |
.png) | Flag of Deputy Commander of the Navy. | |
.png) | Ukrainian Naval Region Commander's flag. |
Government and non-military security forces
[edit]| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | State Border Guard Service of Ukraine | ||
 | 2002 | Security Service of Ukraine | |
 | 2008 | Special Communications Service Ensign | |
 | Internal troops of Ministry of Internal Affairs | ||
 | 2014 | National Guard flag | Blue field with National Guard logo in the center. |
 | State Emergency Service | ||
 | State Emergency Service | ||
 | 2003 | Customs Service Ensign | |
 | Anti-Monopoly Committee Ensign | ||
 | 2004 | State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate Ensign | |
 | 2003 | State Statistics Service Ensign | |
 | 2006 | State Service for Financial Monitoring Ensign | |
 | 2003 | State Reserve Agency Ensign | |
 | Treasury of Ukraine | ||
 | 2016 | State Service for Transportation Safety |
Flags of Ukrainian regions
[edit]Flags of oblasts
[edit]| Flag | Use | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Flag of Cherkasy Oblast | 1998 | Oblast coat of arms on blue field |
 | Flag of Chernivtsi Oblast | 2001 | |
 | Flag of Chernihiv Oblast | 2000 | |
 | Flag of Donetsk Oblast | 1999 | |
 | Flag of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast | 2002 | |
 | Flag of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast | 2001 | |
 | Flag of Kharkiv Oblast | 1999 | Oblast coat of arms on crimson field |
 | Flag of Kherson Oblast | 2001 | |
 | Flag of Khmelnytskyi Oblast | 2002 | |
 | Flag of Kirovohrad Oblast | 1998 | |
 | Flag of Kyiv Oblast | 1999 | |
 | Flag of Luhansk Oblast | 1998 | Oblast coat of arms in top left corner, surrounded by seventeen yellow and fourteen white stars |
 | Flag of Lviv Oblast | 2001 | |
 | Flag of Mykolaiv Oblast | ||
 | Flag of Odesa Oblast | 2002 | |
 | Flag of Poltava Oblast | 2000 | Yellow Cossack cross on a blue field |
 | Flag of Rivne Oblast | 2005 | |
 | Flag of Sumy Oblast | 2000 | Oblast coat of arms on blue field |
 | Flag of Ternopil Oblast | 2003 | |
 | Flag of Vinnytsia Oblast | 1997 | |
 | Flag of Volyn Oblast | 2004 | |
 | Flag of Zaporizhzhia Oblast | 2001 | |
 | Flag of Zakarpattia Oblast | 2009 | |
 | Flag of Zhytomyr Oblast | 2003 |
Flags of cities with special status
[edit]| Flag | Use | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Flag of Kyiv | 1995 | Archangel Michael, holding flaming sword and shield. |
 | Flag of Sevastopol | 2000 | Seal of the city. |
Flags of other cities
[edit]| Flag | Use | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Flag of Cherkasy | 1995 | |
 | Flag of Chernihiv | 2008 | |
 | Flag of Chernivtsi | ||
 | Flag of Dnipro | 2012 | |
 | Flag of Donetsk | 2004 | |
 | Flag of Ivano-Frankivsk | 1995 | |
 | Flag of Kharkiv | ||
 | Flag of Kherson | ||
 | Flag of Khmelnytskyi | 1997 | |
 | Flag of Kropyvnytskyi | 1996 | |
 | Flag of Luhansk | 2006 | |
 | Flag of Lviv | 1991 | |
 | Flag of Lutsk | 2007 | |
 | Flag of Mykolaiv | 1999 | |
 | Flag of Odesa | 2011 | |
 | Flag of Poltava | ||
 | Flag of Rivne | 1993 | |
 | Flag of Simferopol | 2006 | |
 | Flag of Sumy | 2000 | |
 | Flag of Ternopil | 1993 | |
 | Flag of Vinnytsia | ||
 | Flag of Uzhhorod | 1990 | |
.svg) | Flag of Zaporizhzhia | 2001 | |
 | Flag of Zhytomyr | 2007 |
Regional and minority flags
[edit]| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 1917 | Flag of the Crimean Tatars | Currently, 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. |
 | 1917–1918 | Religious flag of the Crimean Tatars | |
 | Military flag of the Crimean Tatars |
Historical flags
[edit]| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 1119–1349 |
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 1848–1918 | Supreme Ruthenian Council |
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Flag of the Zaporozhian Sich | 1700–? | |
 | Flag of the Cossack Hetmanate |
Crimean Khanate (1441–1478)
[edit]| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
.svg) | 1441–1478 | Flag of The Crimean Khanate | a blue field with a golden Giray tamga in the canton |
Ukrainian People's Republic and Ukrainian State
[edit]| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
.svg) | 1917–1918 | Flag of the Ukrainian People's Republic | |
.svg) | 1917 | Flag of the Ukrainian People's Republic (non-official) | |
| 1918–1919 | Flag of the West Ukrainian People's Republic and Hutsul Republic | |
.svg) | 1918 | Naval flag of the Ukrainian People's Republic | |
| 1918–1920 | Flag of the Ukrainian State and UPR | |
| 1918–1920 | Naval flag of the Ukrainian State and UPR | |
.svg) | 1918 | Naval flag of the Ukrainian State |
Maritime flags
[edit]| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
.svg) | Flag of the Ambassador of the Ukrainian State | ||
.svg) | Flag of the Messengers (heads of diplomatic missions) | ||
.svg) | Flag of the Consul General, Consul and Vice-Consul | ||
 | Rear Admiral | ||
 | Vice Admiral | ||
 | Admiral | ||
.svg) | 1918 | Naval jack | |
 | October 1992 to 1995 | The naval ensign of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation and Ukraine |
Royal Family standards
[edit]| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 1918 | Personal Standard of Pavlo Skoropadskyi | |
.svg) | Royal Standard of the Hetman of Ukraine (land use only) | ||
.svg) | Royal Standard of the Wife of the Hetman of Ukraine | ||
.svg) | Royal Standard of the Prince of the Hetman of Ukraine | ||
.svg) | Royal Standard of the Princess of the Hetman of Ukraine |
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 1930s–present | Flag of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists and Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (Melnykite) (unofficial until 1955) | Tryzub on a blue field |
 | 1941–present 1942–1956 | Flag of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (Banderite) and Ukrainian Insurgent Army | Bicolor of black and red |
Flags of occupational powers
[edit]| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 1204–1461 | Flag of The Trapezuntine Empire |
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 1242–1502 | Flag of The Golden Horde |
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 1266–1475 | Flag of The Republic of Genoa in Gazaria |
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 1478–1499 | Flag of The Ottoman Empire (disputed) | |
.svg) | 1517–1774 | Flag of The Ottoman Empire (disputed) |
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 1349–1587 | Royal banner of Poland | |
.svg) | 1561–1587 | Royal Banner of Lithuania | |
 | 1587–1592 | Royal banner of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth | |
 | 1592–1599 | Royal banner of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (Vasa Dynasty) | |
 | 1599–1674 | Royal banner of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (Saxon Dynasty) | |
 | 1674–1696 | Royal banner of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (Sobieski Dynasty) | |
 | 1704–1709 1733–1736 | Royal banner of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (Leszczyński Dynasty) | |
 | 1764–1795 | Royal banner of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (Poniatowski Dynasty) |
Russian Empire (1654–1917)
[edit]| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 1696–1917/1918 | Civil ensign / state flag of Russia | |
 | 1858–1896 | Flag of Russia | |
.svg) | 1914–1917 | Flag of Russia (for private use) | |
.svg) | 1710/1721–1858 | Imperial Standard of Russia | |
.svg) | 1858–1917 | Imperial Standard of Russia |
Maritime flags
[edit]| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Naval jack | Naval Jack of the Imperial Russian Navy |
Habsburg Monarchy, the Austrian Empire, and Austria–Hungary from 1772 to 1918
[edit]| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | ?–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) | |
.svg) | 1869–1918 | Merchant Ensign of Austria-Hungary | |
| 1915–1918 | Naval Ensign | ||
.svg) | 1815 – Late 19th Century | Standard of the Emperor | |
.svg) | Late 19th Century – 1915 | Standard of the Emperor | |
.svg) | 1915–1918 | Standard of the Emperor |
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Until 1849 | Flag of Galicia and Lodomeria created after 1772 when this previously Polish province had been annexed to Austria. | |
.svg) | 1849–1890 | Flag of Galicia and Lodomeria | |
 | 1890–1918 | Flag of Galicia and Lodomeria |
Czechoslovakia from 1918 to 1938
[edit]| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 1918–1920 | First Flag of Czechoslovakia | |
 | 1920–1938 | Second Flag of Czechoslovakia |
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 1918–1921 | Flags of the Makhnovshchina | See Anarchist symbolism § Black flag |
Soviet Union and Ukrainian SSR
[edit]| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
.svg) | 1937 – 1949 | Ukrainian SSR | See Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic |
 | 1945 – 1992 | Flag of the Ukrainian ethnic minority in Yugoslavia | Flag of Ukraine with a red star in the center. |
.svg) | 1950 – 1992 | Ukrainian SSR | See Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic |
 | 1922 – 1991 | Soviet Union | See Flag of the Soviet Union |
 | 1919?-1991, 1997-2022 | Komsomol of Ukraine | A red flag with the emblem of the organization in the centre with the text "For right of the youth, power of the people, socialism!" and the name of the organization in Ukrainian on the bottom. |
Kingdom of Romania
[edit]| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 1919-1940, 1941-1945 | Flag of Romania in Budjak, Chernivtsi Oblast and Transnistria Governorate. | |
.svg) | 1919-1922 | Royal Standard of the King. | |
.svg) | 1922-1940, 1941-1945 | Royal Standard of the King. |
Nazi Germany
[edit]| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
.svg) | 1939 – 1944 | Reichskommissariat Ukraine, General Governorate, Teilbezirk Krym |
External links
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