Kopyliv (Kyiv, Ukraine)

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Копилів

image by Ivan Sache, 7 August 2009

• The Flag
• Coat of Arms
• The Village

See also:

• Ukraine
• Kyiv County
• Makariv District

The Flag

From the site of Ukrainian Heraldry:
"Rectangular panel with a ratio of the parties 2:3, divided on two horizontal strips - blue and green in the ratio 5:1."
Dov Gutterman, 20 May 2009

Coat of Arms

image from the site of Ukrainian Heraldry

From the site of Ukrainian Heraldry:
"Per fess by abaised wavy barrulet argent on azure and vert. Shock or, over it is lyre purple.
In 1889-1890 there was composer Petro Ilich Tchaikovs'kyi. The fourth symphony Fa-minor he has devoted to Nadia fon Mecc - the mistress of the Kopyliv manor.
A.Marchuk, "Symbolics of Makarivschyna"."
Dov Gutterman, 20 May 2009

The Village

From the site of Ukrainian Heraldry:
"The first mention refers to 1600. One of legends about an origin of the village name tells that after a storm on the river shocks were floated, and people tried to catch them."
Dov Gutterman, 20 May 2009